July 30, 2020 • 46 mins
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.
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Jennifer Malcolm (00:10):
Welcome to the Jennasis Speaks podcast the
Transformative Power of Women'sStories, a platform that
empowers women storytelling topromote collective
vulnerability, acceptance andhealing. I am your host,
Jennifer Malcolm, self madeentrepreneur, women advocate and
life balance expert. Welcome toJennasis Speaks podcast the
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transformative power of women'sstories where every woman has a
story and every story matters.
And with me today is a longtimefriend, colleague, travel
partner companion, DeLoresPressley. excited to have her
with me today and have a littlebio and then we're just gonna
jump right into your story hereDolores. Today we have with us
DeLores Presley, CEO of DeLoresPresley worldwide, and founder
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of She Elevates. She is aninternational keynote
motivational speaker andexecutive life coach who has
dedicated her life to empoweringand elevating women in business.
She is an author and co authorof several books, including
believe in the power of you. Sheis renowned for her
inspirational leadership inbusiness, and has taught women
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around the globe how to have apowerful presence and live
confidently welcome DeLores.
So I'm just gonna dig right inbecause you have your hands and
so many different things.
Throughout the I've known youfor about 10 years, I've seen
you put your fingerprints andall sorts of things empowering
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women speaking across NortheastOhio, nationally,
internationally, and justwanting to hear a little bit
about your story. And then we'lldig into some of the different
pieces of who you are.
DeLores Pressley (01:49):
Absolutely Thank you for having me. I just
love empowering women and girls.
I think my mother said I cameout the womb going girl power.
She's like, you come from it.
I've always just wanted toempower women and girls. And my
story goes way back to when Iwant to be a ballerina. And I
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think I was in like first grade,something like that. And my best
friend and I got the opportunityto go get signed up for dance.
And my mother signed me up fortapping. And I wanted to be a
ballerina more than in theJennifer. They told my mother
that I was too fat to be aballerina. Take tap dance. Wow,
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okay.
Jennifer Malcolm (02:36):
Oh, yeah. So as a small child, you're already
dealing with image or thingsthat you can't do, you know,
someone limiting you to what youcan and can't do and how did you
navigate or migrate from there?
DeLores Pressley (02:49):
I think that was wonderful that they did that
to me because I think as alittle girl, then I was like, No
one is going to love me mydreams. No one is going to be
able to tell me what I can notdo. And even as I go to high
school, my guidance counselorsaid I wasn't college material.
And she said you should justtake a trade but I did go to a
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vocational high school. Give herthat defense. She was like No,
just do a trade. And of course,I didn't listen. I'd love to
know. I love it is I fastforward. I decided I wanted to
be a model and it was a big girlI words dress size 20. And it
was not heard of about 35 yearsago hardly Sure. And I started
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one of the first plus size modelagencies in the United States.
Jennifer Malcolm (03:42):
That's what having the power of no into
creation. That's outstanding.
That's me and holiday where youdo running that business.
DeLores Pressley (03:50):
18 years.
Jennifer Malcolm (03:51):
Wow
DeLores Pressley (03:51):
that for 18 years. And just when people tell
you no. And listen, your dreamsdon't come with age limits.
Jennifer guess how old I waswhen I took ballet because I
ended up taking ballet. Notgoing to rob me of being a
ballerina. That's amazing.
Jennifer Malcolm (04:07):
I'm gonna guess 13 Yeah, right.
DeLores Pressley (04:12):
Six, zero. I was 60vyears old. And signed up
for balance for you. Lesson. So
Jennifer Malcolm (04:21):
good for you.
That's awesome. And I love that.
I mean as a small little part ofyour story as an in your early
childhood, how again, youwouldn't let that know have
power over you. And whetheryou're 1320 or six, zero and
taking a belay cat class toovercome someone else's obstacle
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or stabbing something withinyour heart. I think that's a
phenomenal. That's great.
That's awesome.
So tell us a little bit abouthow you got started into the
business because now you are aworldwide speaker and you have
lots of different you have anonprofit you have your friends
Prophet, you're here inNortheast Ohio. I know we're all
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kind of sequestered in, in our,in our cities right now because
of COVID. But what wasinspiration? Or what started you
on this journey of empoweringwomen beyond your own stories?
DeLores Pressley (05:14):
Yes. So to really become a professional, I
was on a call back then it wasphone calls like a
teleconference. And I wastalking about how I was speaking
out for plus size women. So Ihave the opportunity to be on
all types of shows,Entertainment Tonight, different
shows, and constantly being anadvocate for plus size women now
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for obesity, because it's right,that we were healthy. Sure,
wasn't that but it was that youcan love yourself, at any size,
love who you are, right thisvery moment, right? This very
moment, I tell women to look inthe mirror, talk to themselves,
say I'm beautiful. And keepsaying it. Don't Don't answer
yourself. But just keep onsaying those things. And believe
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me, your mind is so powerful,you will begin to really believe
it. So I was on a call and hewas like, are you a professional
speaker and honestly, I didn'teven know because remember, I
was an elementary schoolteachers, right. I was an
elementary school teacher stillhad a full time business
dimensions plus size modelagency. And he coached me God
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rest his soul. I never even gota chance to meet him. His name
is Bob loi, but he coached melived in California. And he told
me all about how to become aprofessional model and how not
the modeling but how to become aprofessional speaker. Okay, so
that was the history. I startedrealizing that I could get paid
for something that I used to getpaddled for, because I watch all
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right.
Jennifer Malcolm (06:48):
That's awesome. And that's so that's
very similar. Growing up, Ialways had straight A's straight
A's raise. The only comment wasJennifer Jenny. So it was known
as Jenny Beth and Jenny talkstoo much she needs to learn to
keep her mouth shut. So all thisall these years later, again,
how you take the power ofsomething, and now you get to
pay paid for it as well. That'sawesome. And what how old were
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you around the time when youstarted your professional
speaking?
DeLores Pressley (07:14):
See, I would say I've been speaking
professionally for about 35
Jennifer Malcolm (07:22):
So was there women along the journey that
also I know your mom has been ahuge person in your life that we
were talking even as we wereprepping for the call of things
that impacted you but were thereother women throughout your
career that you that reallyinspired you? Or really
encourage you to find that voiceto a overcome your own stuff,
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but be then be on the platformto really encourage and give
that same essence to otherwomen?
DeLores Pressley (07:51):
Yes, my number one person was of course my mom
she was my cheerleader. I wasbigger than everyone else. I had
kind of take my shoulders andhump over because the old days
they have the class picture andI was taller than everyone but
she say stand tall. But Butbelieve it or not, Marilyn I
still talk to my fourth gradeteacher. Her name is Marilyn
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Swain. I spoke to her today.
birthday was yesterday. It wasit yesterday on our my
anniversary the 23rd and sheturned 85 on the 23rd and I just
remember being in fourth gradeand being in the front of the
room and she was like Doloresyou can do anything. And I was
back in the day bullied becauseof my size. And she would always
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say nope Dolores you can do it.
This woman steal at 85 years oldstill talks to me. I used to
host a radio station at a radiostation a radio show she'd come
to radio station and she juststopped sending me birth well My
birthday is coming. So maybethat's what I was saying was
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someone invest in you like that?
A teacher that says you can doit and I've never ever
forgotten.
Jennifer Malcolm (09:02):
I love it and you talk about you know to women
and you know obviously your momhas been a part of your life
from early obviously from thebeginning and then fourth grade
and how that puts a backbone ofconfidence in the midst of
people saying you can't dothings and and the mantra is
that you were just saying tolook yourself in the mirror.
Tell yourself you're beautiful.
Tell yourself those those truthsand retraining your mind and
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brain over things that we alldeal with self image issues we
all deal with. I'm too skinny,I'm too fat. I'm too short. I'm
too tall. My hair is too thistoo curly to straight. You know
we all have those things thatour insecurities and our own
essence and if we when we startreally loving ourselves and
believing the truth and disreally throwing down the lies
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the power of walking in thatconfidence. So what an amazing
gift that you a are walking inbut then to be able to multiply
that and other women and nowyoung girls as well. It has to
be incredible.
DeLores Pressley (10:01):
I'm just so excited about it. So as I
mentioned earlier, I was anelementary school teacher for 27
years, and I still don't havebusiness 25 of those years. But
when and I'm going back tochildhood. So that's why I think
it's so important. When I was inthe fifth grade, again, we're
talking about young, I got anopportunity to go to the Ohio
theater in Canton, Ohio, it's nolonger here, I got a chance to
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spend time with the owner, Idon't even know his name now.
But it made such an impressionon me. My parents didn't know
about entrepreneurship, all theywanted me to do was get a good
job and work, they really evendidn't encourage me to go to
college, they kind of mentionedit, but they don't have the
funds and blah, blah, blah, whenI was a fifth grader. So now she
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elevates gives girlsopportunities, we call them
sheet shadow program where theycan shadow women and they can
follow them in their companies,or they can follow them in their
businesses. So we must shape theminds of are you right now. And
they're never too early, I tellmothers and talk to your babies
in the womb, you know, andthere's something that needs to
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be done.
Jennifer Malcolm (11:09):
No, and it's it is it's a power of words and
encouragement, the the power oflife, you know, words have the
power of life and or death. Andwhen you speak life into people,
and you breathe that intopeople, and you really transform
the thought pattern of your ownself doubts or worthiness issues
or what people have said, youknow about you throughout the
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years. And I said this other daythat you know, the mantra that
says sticks and stones willbreak your bones. But words will
never hurt the words of the onesthat hurt the most. And they
just stick and you remember thethings from early childhood from
being you know, teased on theplayground, or you know, a
boyfriend that broke up with youor something that happened that
really just somehow gets a hookin your soul. And really
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speaking those truths is isamazing. So tell us more about
she elevates because I know thisis your passion and baby right
now. And you've been working sohard to transition some of this
because of the pandemic andmaking even more accessible. So
love for you to kind of say,You're starting to tell me how
maybe were the seed of the dreamcame from but start with the
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seed and then go to where you'reat today. And with the tree and
the full bloom.
DeLores Pressley (12:22):
Well, I just believe it's a gift from God.
And Jennifer, I was speaking inFlorida and God had been telling
me to do she elevates and, youknow, we get really busy and we
just don't really listen. And Icame off the stage in Florida.
And I heard clearly I don't knowabout the faith of your
audience, but I have strongfaith. And I heard God clearly
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say do she elevates he actuallysaid Didn't I tell you not want
God to say, Oh, I love it. I wasI came off the stage and the
people that I did so great. Iwas crying. I'm like God, I
promise when I get back to Ohio,I was started and literally
that's how she and she elevatesis a nonprofit. It's a 501 c
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three that empowers girls, to beconfident leaders, entrepreneurs
and CEOs. They can work in a Csuite. But so some girls might
not really want to start thebusiness but we're teaching them
to be such powerful leaders thatthey can run the company even if
they don't own the company.
Jennifer we teach them to begirl boss. But listen to this.
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It's not just about a bossbossing people around. It stands
for bringing others success andsignificance. Wait, I gotta show
you this. So that you're likeDolores who's going Oh no. Oh,
that
Jennifer Malcolm (13:49):
boss box is a box box with all these girl
DeLores Pressley (13:52):
bringing other success and significance. So we
have this boss box is going tobe delivered to girls because of
COVID. But this is one thingabout things that happened that
seems like they're bad. And whatpeople to know that good travels
with bad. So we normally havethe Academy in person at Stark
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State College because we wantthe girls to know the college
experience or things. But we hadto do it online this year. But
this year she elevates Academywill be online. We already have
girls from all over the countryregistered and they're going to
get that box with a lot ofamazing things in like glasses.
So sunglasses where they can seetheir future. It's so bright,
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they're gonna have mirrors inthere. And they want to tell
everything. I love it. I loveit. I love delivered to their
home. Can you imagine being aneight to 14 year old and getting
a box with all these greatthings delivered to your home
and just that box alone empowersme looking at it on my desk.
Jennifer Malcolm (14:54):
I love it.
Well that's the beautytoo.You're just saying you know
that good travels with that.
Like the ability to To now evengo outside the geography of
Canton, Ohio. And now you'reyou're planting these seeds all
over the nation like that evenwhat can grow and sprout from
that, like, you're just sowingseeds all over and really
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instilling hope and confidence.
And when I saw the boss thing atfirst I was like, that's kind of
a negative word. But when youexplain it, you know, you're
like, you know, cuz you thinkbossy. And so it usually has a
negative context. But when yousay you know that she's a boss,
and you get a boss box with themeaning I love it. That's
awesome.
DeLores Pressley (15:32):
Have you ever heard, and I, of course, I was
called bossy, but I'm reallynot. I'm a leader. In little
girls who are leaders. They callthem bossy. But have you ever
heard anyone say a little boywho's a leader, as many people,
they don't call him bossy? Girlsbossy, so I'll take it.
Jennifer Malcolm (15:52):
I'm bossy but and that's very true. So when
you started to say thatsentence, I was really like,
I've never heard of someone sayto a male or a boy, they're
being bossy. It's always afemale. It's always said in a
usually negative, but no areassertive, and a leader and
confident. And those are amazingattributes to have as well. So
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how does a girl get involvedwith your program?
DeLores Pressley (16:18):
So they can go to our website, of course, she
elevates.org. And there'sdifferent ways to get into the
program. One is the Academy,which is happening online, as I
mentioned earlier, and the girlsstart with us in between the
ages of eight and 14. But thenwe have another program after
that they can go to after theyget older than fourth, well,
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they can go to the programbefore, but they can stay in our
program till their age 21. Soour goal is to bring other girls
has been in the program to helpalong the way. And they can stay
until they're 21. Started ageeight, we've only had it a
couple years right now, we seeit, like one of our young girls,
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her name is the theia. Andmuthiah has a card business and
she's going to be one of the sherose. And we have she rose these
of course like she and so shewill be talking to the other
girls. And she's going to talkabout her experience and being
in the academy.
Jennifer Malcolm (17:19):
So how do other women so I know you have
different people who helpinstruct and, and are there with
you, either, obviously it startcollege when you're in person,
and now the online but how otherentrepreneurs people get
involved? Is there anopportunity for people to help?
Or what does that look like?
DeLores Pressley (17:38):
Oh, hell, are you serious? Absolutely. We need
so much help. Because the visionthat God has given me is so
huge. So if someone wants tovolunteer, we need volunteers,
we need donors, they can send anemail to me at DPW. At Dolores
presley.com, they can easily dothat they can connect with us on
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our website, we need women andyou don't have to have owned a
business. If you'd like tovolunteer, we need volunteers in
so many ways. Sure. You name it,we need it because the vision is
huge. And now it's gone global.
We had a couple inquiries fromother people outside of the
country. That's awesome. And Iwasn't even thinking broad
enough, Jennifer, because wewere going to have the academy
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from 10 o'clock till 1230.
Because when we were in person,we did it for eight, eight
o'clock is like that, oh, let'sstart late. But then I start
getting inquiries from people onthe West Coast saying the clock
is too early, to change it to12. So that just tells you how
much it's going to go global.
Jennifer Malcolm (18:43):
And just think when you start having global
then you're going to you know,you're gonna have to have that
person in the middle of nightthat's like, Alright, I'm a
night person, I can teach youthe villain night, not
volunteering for that shift. Butas it goes global that you have
to, you really have to put it indifferent elements of how do you
keep engaging an audience,girls, etc, when it's around the
world. So that's awesome. I lovethe vision. And I love that.
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Even that you're saying that's alarge vision. I know in my heart
that you probably don't evenknow the fullness of it yet.
Because if you open one door,how much more is behind there
than you can ever think imagine?
Hope for and it just is going tocontinue to grow. You also talk
about the power of view. Sothat's one of the key phrases
that you use. One of you go intowhat that means, how it was
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birthed, and give, give theaudience a little bit of insight
on that.
DeLores Pressley (19:34):
I think people are more powerful than I've ever
been taught to believe. Ibelieve that you have power in
you. I think that it goes on tapso many times. And I have like
you said I haven't had booksabout that. But your power is
inside of you and I talked aminute about affirmations but I
have something that I call faithin nations where you affirm
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something in your life with yourfaith. So when I I want it to be
on Oprah Winfrey Show.
Jennifer Malcolm (20:03):
Yes, I wanted to go back to that story too
after this. I'll put a notehere.
DeLores Pressley (20:10):
But I affirmed it. I would say every day, I am
on The Oprah Winfrey Show withmy black jacket, my blacks, and
some red high heels. High fivingwith Oprah, and we do
affirmations or if you want tocall them faith nations, they
must be in the present. So youdon't want to say, Well, I want
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to write my book. No, I'mwriting my book. And so I would
say I'm on Oprah. And peoplewill look at me like, I'm crazy.
Like, how do you think you'regonna get on The Oprah Winfrey
Show? I have so much power, butyou must practice it. And that's
why I say talk to yourself, saythose things to yourself. What
are you reading that isempowering you. I remember, I
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was waking up in the morning,and I was looking at my phone
and looking at Facebook, but isthat really empower me, I need
to do something in the morningthat I'm reading that's going to
feed my spirit. Help me grow inbusiness. Help me to be a better
person. So what are you doing toempower yourself, I think that
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you should take 11 minutessaying put your feet up whatever
it is every day. Because we mustpractice self care. Because you
can't take care of others. Youknow that all adage on when you
get on that plane, they tell youto put your mask on first. It's
so true, because you cannot takecare of others. But you can be
an empowered person.
Jennifer Malcolm (21:35):
So tell us about that day on Oprah.
DeLores Pressley (21:38):
Oh, boy, cuz I still get giddy about it.
Jennifer Malcolm (21:40):
I love it.
Because I've heard the storybefore and you still light up
and get giddy. And I'd love tohear a little bit more about
that story and share with ouraudience as well.
DeLores Pressley (21:49):
First, it's a lesson of tenacity. I had sent
my book and she didn't evenmention my book, by the way. My
book to them for two and a halfyears before I even heard one
thing back from The OprahWinfrey Show. How many of your
audience would have given upafter the first year or
something. So that's the storyof tenacity. I'm driving down
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the road, my cell phone ringing.
lady says I'm a producer fromThe Oprah Winfrey Show, I put my
phone down which I asked her tohold on, which I should have
never done. Don't do that. Ifsomeone calls. I just said Thank
you, God. And I picked the phoneback up and she was still there.
And luckily, thank you, thankgoodness. They told me that I
will be talking about teachingin America because I was a
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teacher. Remember, I still ownthe business, and was a teacher
and still an author and still aspeaker. But it wasn't even that
didn't even happen. It was herfavorite thing show. So when I
got there, and my students got achance, they didn't get to go to
Chicago to the show. But mystudents got a chance to be
featured on The Oprah WinfreyShow. And it wasn't even about
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teaching in America. She justloves teachers and all those
amazing gifts. And my bestfriend that I mentioned earlier,
Larissa, who got to be theballerina when I didn't get to
Trina, she got to go with me andgot all of those things. So she
still owes me. Even I took herson to have a chance to meet
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Michael Jackson. Can you imaginehe loved me he was on like six.
But she owes me from MichaelJackson.
Jennifer Malcolm (23:25):
I can't wait for her to hear this podcast and
like, my list of things.
DeLores Pressley (23:31):
I have the power I need Hmm, did I even get
a chance to be Michael Jackson.
get a chance to meet some of themost incredible people but he's
the power in us. And it takesaction. It takes work. We talk
about the girls and, and beingan academy and it's going to be
fun if the kid is engaging, andall these things. But it takes
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work. Right being anentrepreneur, it takes work I
have this one thing calleddecaf. And decaf is really not
the drink. But an acronym formaking a decision. So decide
what you want. E is for beingempowered. C is for commit a is
act, you can't do anything withthat. And F is for focus and
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follow through. So if you justdo that to bring power to your
life, it will you will beempowered. I use decaf this day
for everything.
Jennifer Malcolm (24:25):
And I think it's interesting because you you
really hit on it. You're sayingthe words. In the moments you're
saying in present tense, whichis important. I am an author, I
am writing my book. I you know Iam on Oprah Winfrey, instead of
I will be someday because that'sI think most people will say
like, Hey, I would dream in myheart that someday I'll be on
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Oprah or someday I'll write mybook. And Sunday often doesn't
come and I actually when I wasdating my husband, we were in
this you know, he's like, Well,yeah, well, we'll go there
someday. And I'm like, Nope, Idon't believe in Sunday. I don't
believe in Sunday becauseSomeday, never comes. So you
have to plan it, you have to beactionable with it. And so I
think that piece of presenttense, talking and affirmations
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to yourself, but you also haveto put work behind it. So even
if you would affirmed it, butnever reach out to Oprah or been
tenacious about reaching out andcontinue to reach out for two
and a half years, the likelihoodwas, you wouldn't be on that on
the show there is putting thosetwo elements together present
tense and tenacity with youraction items.
That's awesome.
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What some, I'm gonna go a littlebit off script here, what's
something that most people don'tknow about you,
DeLores Pressley (25:35):
and I love to dance. I love singing. And
there's one thing that I don'tshare a lot, and I'm going to
share it today, all about powerfour. So when I was newly
married, I ended up withendometriosis. And then I've
been married for 41 years. Sothat was a long time ago. And it
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was considered the white woman'sdisease. And they were saying
that black women don't get thatdisease. So they didn't even
look at me for that disease. Andunfortunately, it was all over
my organs. And I wasn't able togive birth. And that was the one
thing if anyone knew me when Iwas little, I was always rocking
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babies, I had every baby inchurch and and so that was a
devastating for me. And, and Ididn't even share it for a long
time because my mother God resther soul was she didn't really
like tell them things like that,you know, the family secret or
whatever. But you should tellthings like that, because that
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there are so many women outthere who have problems with
infertility and not able to givebirth, but they can see someone
who wasn't able to give birth,but I have all my children. And
I do have two beautiful, oh mygosh, great grandchildren,
grandchildren, two boys, they'remy husband's children, my
children, I have children. And Ihad to pick myself up off that
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floor moment because it isDavid.
Jennifer Malcolm (27:06):
Yeah, and thank you for for sharing that.
Because I know some of the womenthat you know, have agreed to be
on the show with us have dealtwith those issues and either
multiple miscarriages, actuallycarrying you know, a child to 99
months and then losing the childduring childbirth and fertility,
adoption fostering so we have alot of those that you know,
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motherhood can look very uniqueand very different. But it is a
it's a heart string topic for alot of women. And it's a lot
that I've heard through theyears well, it's kind of a
private issue, don't talk aboutit. But the power of talking
about it is in the healingjourney. And the healing of I'm
not alone, in isolation, inshame, any of those things that
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come with not not havingsomething that you know is in
your heart and know. So thankyou for sharing that. But I
would love to see you dancing,and you did just have your
anniversary a couple days agowith grant, and you said was
4341 years, 41 years. And I lovelooking at your pictures on
Facebook because you guys alwayshave your romantic from your
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wedding pictures all the waythrough your professional
pictures now with him. And Ilove that you guys do so much
together because I've seen whenyou're doing your conferences,
and you're doing things youknow, he's right there by your
side, loving you, supportingyou, cheering you on. And that's
an amazing, amazing man andmarriage. So
DeLores Pressley (28:26):
loving is amazing. And he is so romantic.
I am. I can't say I'm the mostromantic, but he is and he keeps
because keeps giving he's soloving. And that's really a
blessing because I coach a lotof women, and I have some women
that I work with whose spousesor partners are not really down
(28:48):
with helping them and not reallysupporting them. So I am very
thankful to God. Yeah, myhusband and I know you do to the
supports what I am doing.
Jennifer Malcolm (28:59):
Yeah, when I started talking to him about
this dream in my heart for thispodcast, and Jennasis Speaks and
where I wanted to go and he waslike, all right, like, he's
right there beside me,encouraging me he's, you know,
helping edit, he's helping youknow me formulate, formulate
some words and pulling thingstogether. So having, you know, a
(29:19):
strong partner that supportsstrong women, bossy women,
DeLores Pressley (29:25):
Leaders
Jennifer Malcolm (29:26):
leaders know are is is an essential. So I'm
very, very grateful for that.
There's another term that youuse often is carry as you climb.
So what does that phrase mean?
DeLores Pressley (29:40):
It means take someone along your journey. I
think every woman should have amentor. It should have a
sponsor, and they should have acoach. So most people are
familiar with all of those likeI coach women who want to be
speakers or women who want togrow their businesses or women
who just really want to live thelife that they want and needs
Someone along the way, but amentor and I hope everyone has a
(30:04):
mentor. And I hope every person,not just women will be a mentor
for another person. So that'sjust helping them, helping them,
they have questions answeringthem. A sponsor is a little
different. A sponsor is more inthe corporation, a person who is
there, I may talk about howamazing Jennifer is when she's
(30:24):
not around. And that's what asponsor is, they help you as
well. So I think everyone shoulddo that. So carrying as you
climb, means you're takingsomeone else along. So me I've
had an opportunity to be verysuccessful. There's a quote by
Chuck poloneck, it says, andit's a little different. So he
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says, we all die, the goal isnot to live forever, but to
create something that will,that's kind of how she elevates
was birth, I want something. Andnot it's not about the worse,
but is about something that willlive long past the Lord will
make a difference in the girlslives. Even parents from last
(31:09):
year, when the girls in theacademy, they tell me their
daughters are so confident thatthey don't even recognize their
daughters cheering as yourclimb, is taking other people
with you, in the corporateeverywhere, you know, wherever
you are, if you own a business,if someone else, you know, climb
with you don't climb with anempty bag,
Jennifer Malcolm (31:30):
and I and I guess that that piece, you know,
I other people say well, that'sa coach, but I think you're
saying very distinctly theythere's different elements for
each of those. And if I have tobe all three, it's very
intentional to say they lookvery different. They have
different y's and they havedifferent outcomes as well.
What are some other ways to helpgirls or young women to be
(31:53):
empowered?
DeLores Pressley (31:56):
First of all, you should be speaking and i
what i call life into them.
Watch how you speak to girls,how you talk to your children?
What are you saying becausethose things resonate with the
children, and what you're sayingaround them. You just can't say
anything. I need some younggirls who to me, they are much
more grown than they should be.
(32:20):
Because they've been exposed toso much and there's so many
things on television on theinternet. So to empower a little
girl, just give her limitedtime. Now I'm not saying don't
let her be on the internet oranything like that. Look at what
she's watching. Look at whatshe's saying. And most
importantly, listen, listen, isshe talking to you when she's
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out of school? or What is shejust be really intentional about
listening to her and what yousay to her because the power of
words how powerfulpeople and you said earlier like
earliernsticks and stones. Butwords will never hurt that's a
lie because words hurt
Jennifer Malcolm (33:07):
Well and the essence of the words to like it
is it's a constant record inyour mind. So things from
childhood things from being ateenager things from different
walks of life you have wordsthat people try to stick on you
so you're this you're thatyou're in it and they're hurtful
and you do have to then be verycognizant, which goes back to
(33:30):
were talking about before aboutyour affirmations and the words
faith faith nations that you sayabout yourself because it's
almost like eating you are whatyou eat, you know, you put good
things in your body stronger.
Same with words and mentalhealth as well as that, that
it's essential to speak life andyou know, me raising, you know,
I have three teenagers but twoor you know, young women and you
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know, 15 and a half and 17 andyou're 17 and a half year old
girls right now and watchingthem become their own watching
my middle one going off tocollege as well. There's a lot
to say you know it I hope allthe good all the confidence all
the positive things that youknow, I've put into her her her
dad's put into her step parentshave put into her that those
(34:15):
come out of her heart when youknow she's she's on her own as
well. And I've full confidenceshe will succeed. But it isn't
the listening piece becausethat's what's coming out of
their heart and mind and soul.
DeLores Pressley (34:27):
It's important that we listen so many people
and that's it. You know, Italked too much, but I am a good
listener.
Jennifer Malcolm (34:35):
You're just a leader. That's not we're just
going back as a leader. Fordifferent women who inspire you
or authors, you like to listento podcasts like how do you feel
your tank because you're givingout so much, you know, positive.
So what are the things that alsoinspire you to keep you moving
forward as well?
DeLores Pressley (34:54):
Well, I'm inspired by Michelle Obama. I
had the opportunity when she wasin Cleveland to get a I didn't
meet her per se and I've been inthe audience. But that's
shocking, isn't it? But I didn'treally do an intention to meet
her. That's so so inspired byher story and what she was able
to do as a former First Lady ofthe United States. She just
(35:14):
inspires me to know that and ofcourse, Oprah doesn't know it
yet. But she's going to beinvolved. Was She Elevate?
Jennifer Malcolm (35:27):
See, you're just speaking about there. She
will be involved.
DeLores Pressley (35:29):
He is involved. Exactly.
Jennifer Malcolm (35:32):
She is involved in she elevate. So when
she listens to this podcast onday one, we declared it then
that's great.
But why? Why do you think and Ididn't know what it feels like
the theme on this really is thepower of words. Because even
throughout your book, yourprogram, she elevates all of
this, there's this the Maticthing of really, the power of
(35:55):
words. And in your, in your ownwords, what? Why is it important
for me? Why is it important forour listeners? Why is it
important for other women toreally understand that concept?
And because some people likethat's a little blue or a little
fluffy, or it really doesn'twork, but in your own, you know,
(36:17):
from from the mouths of mouth ofDeLores Pressley. the why beh
nd th
DeLores Pressley (36:22):
So you were created for purpose, you were
created for purpose. But if youdon't use your power, you may
miss out on some success, youwill just like you mentioned
earlier had I not startedsending my information to Oprah,
I would have missed out on thatopportunity. Your purpose is
(36:42):
greater than you. And I want youto touch into your and you can
think Whoo, if you like, butbelieve me, I know that it works
because I've used it. And I'vecoached hundreds of women who
have used it who can't. Matterof fact, I was just on a
coaching call this morning, andone of my clients who literally
(37:03):
Her name is chalon Barnett,check her out on social. But she
didn't even speak above awhisper when I met her. And I
gave him a story. When I saidyou have to speak from your
diaphragm. And I when I was ateacher, there was a famous man
there in my room. And she saidshe stood up and she said Mrs.
(37:25):
Presley says always speak fromyour diagram. So Alon didn't
even speak of a whisper. And nowshe's spoken in London, she's
been to Africa, she's been allover, because she finally
believes in the power ofherself. So it doesn't matter
how much I might believe in you,right. But if you don't believe
(37:48):
in yourself, right, and you tapinto that power, then you're not
going to reach your fullpotential in my opinion.
Jennifer Malcolm (37:54):
And I think that piece of, you know, not
allowing others to hold youback. But when that truth,
pillar, nugget, whatever becomesignited in your soul, that I am
this, I am a powerful Speaker Iam, I'm going to change women's
lives one story at a time,because every story has a story,
every woman has a story andevery story matters, to really
(38:16):
just when that becomes true inme, it's a lot easier for that
spark to ignite to other people.
It's just the same with sheelevates, as you've transformed
that to an online platform. Andnow being able to expand in
geography and time zones andthroughout the nation. And that
spark comes alive. So it is Ithink it's you know, I can
believe the best and some Icould be blessed believe the
(38:38):
best in my daughters. But untilthey believe that truth, and
they walk in that confidence,and they walk in that calling
and they walk in that purpose.
It's just mom telling themsomething, you know, that she
has to do as a mom, why do youthink it's important for women
to understand that they have thepower to work for themselves
(38:58):
versus someone else? Even ifthey don't? So even if they you
know, you a lot of what youteach is on entrepreneurship.
But why is it important to know,hey, I can do this, even if I
choose not to?
DeLores Pressley (39:12):
Well, I think many times we are role models,
and people are looking at useven when we don't realize
they're looking at us. And so ifyou're not really using your
power, then as I mean I keepsaying I know it sounds like a
broken record, but your purposeis so important. And you have a
reason to be on this earth. Soit doesn't matter if you want to
(39:35):
be an entrepreneur. It doesn'tmatter if you want to wash
dishes, it doesn't matter whatyou want to do. But do it to the
best of your ability and thenshare that ability with others
because it's just going to makea better world for us. We need
to really love we so many thingsare going on in this world right
now. But if we just let love me,such a much better world If you
(40:00):
use your power, it'll be evengreater.
Jennifer Malcolm (40:03):
And that's, that's the essence, even with
this podcast is, you know, we'renot targeting a certain faith,
we're not targeting certaineconomic status or it's just for
entrepreneurs, we're nottargeting an age or a race or
sexual orientation, even like,we are just saying, you're a
(40:24):
woman, and you're powerful, andyou have a voice and that voice
matters. And the more that wecan instill that love kindness
into ourselves, first, put yourmask on, like you said, at the
beginning, on the airplane, theairplane is going down, put your
oxygen mask on first. But whenyou can come from that place of
love and acceptance and power,that then can overflow into
(40:47):
other women. And that's the,that's the one in the, in the
hope for the Jennasis Movement ithat women just become mor
confident their own selves. Anit doesn't mean that they hav
to write a book or performballet, or be on Oprah, it'
just that they're a good womanthey're a good mother, they're
good partner, they're a goocontributor to society, and wor
(41:10):
and, and that piece is, yoknow, really aligns with wha
you share what you teach how yowalk your life, that's prett
cool
DeLores Pressley (41:21):
Don't let anyone tell you about your own
self worth. Once you understandyour value, you will be paid
your worth. But again, it goesback. If you don't understand
that you're valuable, then youwon't make the money that you
should be making. Because you'reafraid to ask, and women who are
in corporate, I say ask for whatyou want. And then be quiet and
(41:44):
listen. Because Oh,statistically, men make more
money than women. But why isthat? Because we're always
making excuses. I could havesaid and I mean, there probably
was a time, you would have saidOh, you have on a beautiful pink
dress? Well, this whole thingbecause women we just kind of do
that. You matter? Don't letanyone tell you different. You
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atter
Jennifer Malcolm (42:08):
So where are you going from here because I
know that she elevates. But Iknow there's always dreams going
on the back of your mind. And asyou're as you're working in for
made formulating this one andpulling all the pieces together,
there's other things kind of inthe back, is there anything that
you feel good about sharing withour audience today,
DeLores Pressley (42:27):
you kind of know me, right?
Jennifer Malcolm (42:30):
I do, but the audience doesn't.
DeLores Pressley (42:34):
So I writing a children's book, I won't really
give the name of it. But it is.
Yep. And it is kind of sharingmy story too, about my whole
life and everything and beingfat and all of that. So that's
one thing that I'm doing, Ireally want to see she elevates
taught all over the world. Andliterally maybe into schools, we
(42:54):
may go into schools, I don'tknow if I want to travel as much
as I used to. But now withCOVID, you can be a virtual
trainer right over there. Sothat's kind of where I am, is
making sure that this book ismaking sure that these girls all
over the world are confident,and just enjoying life, because
I think we should enjoy. like
Jennifer Malcolm (43:18):
going back to your phrase you said earlier,
you know, the good comes withthe bad, you know, the ability
to stay home that the world iseven smaller in a lot of
avenues, that virtual meetingsis so normal. And the
opportunity to have a largeraudience and a larger expansion
in each of those areas has hasjust really opened up you know,
(43:38):
wide. And for for our teamagenesis. and Associates, we
made the transition easier, veryeasily because we're a virtual
company. So the transition wasvery easy. But it allowed our
clients and our colleagues toreally step into airspace that
we were comfortable with. And soinstead of driving to every
meeting and getting in the carhere and there and hustling and
(44:00):
bustling around or getting onplanes and traveling, like we're
able to be more efficient, morefamily time, etc. So there is
the good that comes with that aswell. I actually heard in one of
my mentorship groups, find yourCOVID keeps so the things that
you really learned in COVID alot of it had to do you know, in
the sharing of this was familytime family dinners, family
(44:21):
games, but what are those thingsyou really want to keep, you
know, as the world and you know,goes back to normal and more
open. But one of those COVIDkeeps that you really found
through the process of being youknow, at home and with your
family that you feel like wow, Iforgot a I cherish these moments
(44:41):
and those COVID key.
DeLores Pressley (44:43):
You have a lot of small, you know right now
being in your homes or wherever,but at the same time, it's so
gigantic. There's like what 8billion people in the world.Now
you can reach all eight.
Exactly. Exactly. There is sucha difference. Exactly.
Jennifer Malcolm (45:00):
Do you have a y last minute thoughts f
r our audience, before werap this up?
DeLores Pressley (45:05):
I just want yo to be the person who you were
reated to be. And I want youo take action. So instead
f just thinking about andsaying affirmations, and al
these different things, act onit, do something that's going to
make a difference in someone's lfe. It may not even be the
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orld's life, but someone aroundou, so act and do something
that's going to make a diffrence, someone
Jennifer Malcolm (45:34):
And that part of leaving a legacy doing
something that is beyond you aswell. So thank you so much for
being with me here today. And asI complimented you in our pre
show the pink on you looksamazing. So I love You're always
you're always polished and puttogether and so thank you for
being here today. Thanks to ouraudience for coming in and
(45:55):
listening to DeLores's story. Ihope you are encouraged and e
powered today through this. So say tuned for our next episode o
Jennasis Speaks where everyoman has a story and every
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Welcome to the Jennasis Speaks podcast the
Transformative Power of Women'sStories, a platform that
empowers women storytelling topromote collective
vulnerability, acceptance andhealing. I am your host,
Jennifer Malcolm, self madeentrepreneur, women advocate and
life balance expert. Welcome toJennasis Speaks podcast the
(00:32):
transformative power of women'sstories where every woman has a
story and every story matters.
And with me today is a longtimefriend, colleague, travel
partner companion, DeLoresPressley. excited to have her
with me today and have a littlebio and then we're just gonna
jump right into your story hereDolores. Today we have with us
DeLores Presley, CEO of DeLoresPresley worldwide, and founder
(00:55):
of She Elevates. She is aninternational keynote
motivational speaker andexecutive life coach who has
dedicated her life to empoweringand elevating women in business.
She is an author and co authorof several books, including
believe in the power of you. Sheis renowned for her
inspirational leadership inbusiness, and has taught women
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around the globe how to have apowerful presence and live
confidently welcome DeLores.
So I'm just gonna dig right inbecause you have your hands and
so many different things.
Throughout the I've known youfor about 10 years, I've seen
you put your fingerprints andall sorts of things empowering
(01:37):
women speaking across NortheastOhio, nationally,
internationally, and justwanting to hear a little bit
about your story. And then we'lldig into some of the different
pieces of who you are.
DeLores Pressley (01:49):
Absolutely Thank you for having me. I just
love empowering women and girls.
I think my mother said I cameout the womb going girl power.
She's like, you come from it.
I've always just wanted toempower women and girls. And my
story goes way back to when Iwant to be a ballerina. And I
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think I was in like first grade,something like that. And my best
friend and I got the opportunityto go get signed up for dance.
And my mother signed me up fortapping. And I wanted to be a
ballerina more than in theJennifer. They told my mother
that I was too fat to be aballerina. Take tap dance. Wow,
(02:35):
okay.
Jennifer Malcolm (02:36):
Oh, yeah. So as a small child, you're already
dealing with image or thingsthat you can't do, you know,
someone limiting you to what youcan and can't do and how did you
navigate or migrate from there?
DeLores Pressley (02:49):
I think that was wonderful that they did that
to me because I think as alittle girl, then I was like, No
one is going to love me mydreams. No one is going to be
able to tell me what I can notdo. And even as I go to high
school, my guidance counselorsaid I wasn't college material.
And she said you should justtake a trade but I did go to a
(03:11):
vocational high school. Give herthat defense. She was like No,
just do a trade. And of course,I didn't listen. I'd love to
know. I love it is I fastforward. I decided I wanted to
be a model and it was a big girlI words dress size 20. And it
was not heard of about 35 yearsago hardly Sure. And I started
(03:36):
one of the first plus size modelagencies in the United States.
Jennifer Malcolm (03:42):
That's what having the power of no into
creation. That's outstanding.
That's me and holiday where youdo running that business.
DeLores Pressley (03:50):
18 years.
Jennifer Malcolm (03:51):
Wow
DeLores Pressley (03:51):
that for 18 years. And just when people tell
you no. And listen, your dreamsdon't come with age limits.
Jennifer guess how old I waswhen I took ballet because I
ended up taking ballet. Notgoing to rob me of being a
ballerina. That's amazing.
Jennifer Malcolm (04:07):
I'm gonna guess 13 Yeah, right.
DeLores Pressley (04:12):
Six, zero. I was 60vyears old. And signed up
for balance for you. Lesson. So
Jennifer Malcolm (04:21):
good for you.
That's awesome. And I love that.
I mean as a small little part ofyour story as an in your early
childhood, how again, youwouldn't let that know have
power over you. And whetheryou're 1320 or six, zero and
taking a belay cat class toovercome someone else's obstacle
(04:41):
or stabbing something withinyour heart. I think that's a
phenomenal. That's great.
That's awesome.
So tell us a little bit abouthow you got started into the
business because now you are aworldwide speaker and you have
lots of different you have anonprofit you have your friends
Prophet, you're here inNortheast Ohio. I know we're all
(05:03):
kind of sequestered in, in our,in our cities right now because
of COVID. But what wasinspiration? Or what started you
on this journey of empoweringwomen beyond your own stories?
DeLores Pressley (05:14):
Yes. So to really become a professional, I
was on a call back then it wasphone calls like a
teleconference. And I wastalking about how I was speaking
out for plus size women. So Ihave the opportunity to be on
all types of shows,Entertainment Tonight, different
shows, and constantly being anadvocate for plus size women now
(05:36):
for obesity, because it's right,that we were healthy. Sure,
wasn't that but it was that youcan love yourself, at any size,
love who you are, right thisvery moment, right? This very
moment, I tell women to look inthe mirror, talk to themselves,
say I'm beautiful. And keepsaying it. Don't Don't answer
yourself. But just keep onsaying those things. And believe
(05:58):
me, your mind is so powerful,you will begin to really believe
it. So I was on a call and hewas like, are you a professional
speaker and honestly, I didn'teven know because remember, I
was an elementary schoolteachers, right. I was an
elementary school teacher stillhad a full time business
dimensions plus size modelagency. And he coached me God
(06:21):
rest his soul. I never even gota chance to meet him. His name
is Bob loi, but he coached melived in California. And he told
me all about how to become aprofessional model and how not
the modeling but how to become aprofessional speaker. Okay, so
that was the history. I startedrealizing that I could get paid
for something that I used to getpaddled for, because I watch all
(06:47):
right.
Jennifer Malcolm (06:48):
That's awesome. And that's so that's
very similar. Growing up, Ialways had straight A's straight
A's raise. The only comment wasJennifer Jenny. So it was known
as Jenny Beth and Jenny talkstoo much she needs to learn to
keep her mouth shut. So all thisall these years later, again,
how you take the power ofsomething, and now you get to
pay paid for it as well. That'sawesome. And what how old were
(07:10):
you around the time when youstarted your professional
speaking?
DeLores Pressley (07:14):
See, I would say I've been speaking
professionally for about 35
Jennifer Malcolm (07:22):
So was there women along the journey that
also I know your mom has been ahuge person in your life that we
were talking even as we wereprepping for the call of things
that impacted you but were thereother women throughout your
career that you that reallyinspired you? Or really
encourage you to find that voiceto a overcome your own stuff,
(07:43):
but be then be on the platformto really encourage and give
that same essence to otherwomen?
DeLores Pressley (07:51):
Yes, my number one person was of course my mom
she was my cheerleader. I wasbigger than everyone else. I had
kind of take my shoulders andhump over because the old days
they have the class picture andI was taller than everyone but
she say stand tall. But Butbelieve it or not, Marilyn I
still talk to my fourth gradeteacher. Her name is Marilyn
(08:12):
Swain. I spoke to her today.
birthday was yesterday. It wasit yesterday on our my
anniversary the 23rd and sheturned 85 on the 23rd and I just
remember being in fourth gradeand being in the front of the
room and she was like Doloresyou can do anything. And I was
back in the day bullied becauseof my size. And she would always
(08:33):
say nope Dolores you can do it.
This woman steal at 85 years oldstill talks to me. I used to
host a radio station at a radiostation a radio show she'd come
to radio station and she juststopped sending me birth well My
birthday is coming. So maybethat's what I was saying was
(08:54):
someone invest in you like that?
A teacher that says you can doit and I've never ever
forgotten.
Jennifer Malcolm (09:02):
I love it and you talk about you know to women
and you know obviously your momhas been a part of your life
from early obviously from thebeginning and then fourth grade
and how that puts a backbone ofconfidence in the midst of
people saying you can't dothings and and the mantra is
that you were just saying tolook yourself in the mirror.
Tell yourself you're beautiful.
Tell yourself those those truthsand retraining your mind and
(09:24):
brain over things that we alldeal with self image issues we
all deal with. I'm too skinny,I'm too fat. I'm too short. I'm
too tall. My hair is too thistoo curly to straight. You know
we all have those things thatour insecurities and our own
essence and if we when we startreally loving ourselves and
believing the truth and disreally throwing down the lies
(09:46):
the power of walking in thatconfidence. So what an amazing
gift that you a are walking inbut then to be able to multiply
that and other women and nowyoung girls as well. It has to
be incredible.
DeLores Pressley (10:01):
I'm just so excited about it. So as I
mentioned earlier, I was anelementary school teacher for 27
years, and I still don't havebusiness 25 of those years. But
when and I'm going back tochildhood. So that's why I think
it's so important. When I was inthe fifth grade, again, we're
talking about young, I got anopportunity to go to the Ohio
theater in Canton, Ohio, it's nolonger here, I got a chance to
(10:25):
spend time with the owner, Idon't even know his name now.
But it made such an impressionon me. My parents didn't know
about entrepreneurship, all theywanted me to do was get a good
job and work, they really evendidn't encourage me to go to
college, they kind of mentionedit, but they don't have the
funds and blah, blah, blah, whenI was a fifth grader. So now she
(10:46):
elevates gives girlsopportunities, we call them
sheet shadow program where theycan shadow women and they can
follow them in their companies,or they can follow them in their
businesses. So we must shape theminds of are you right now. And
they're never too early, I tellmothers and talk to your babies
in the womb, you know, andthere's something that needs to
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be done.
Jennifer Malcolm (11:09):
No, and it's it is it's a power of words and
encouragement, the the power oflife, you know, words have the
power of life and or death. Andwhen you speak life into people,
and you breathe that intopeople, and you really transform
the thought pattern of your ownself doubts or worthiness issues
or what people have said, youknow about you throughout the
(11:30):
years. And I said this other daythat you know, the mantra that
says sticks and stones willbreak your bones. But words will
never hurt the words of the onesthat hurt the most. And they
just stick and you remember thethings from early childhood from
being you know, teased on theplayground, or you know, a
boyfriend that broke up with youor something that happened that
really just somehow gets a hookin your soul. And really
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speaking those truths is isamazing. So tell us more about
she elevates because I know thisis your passion and baby right
now. And you've been working sohard to transition some of this
because of the pandemic andmaking even more accessible. So
love for you to kind of say,You're starting to tell me how
maybe were the seed of the dreamcame from but start with the
(12:17):
seed and then go to where you'reat today. And with the tree and
the full bloom.
DeLores Pressley (12:22):
Well, I just believe it's a gift from God.
And Jennifer, I was speaking inFlorida and God had been telling
me to do she elevates and, youknow, we get really busy and we
just don't really listen. And Icame off the stage in Florida.
And I heard clearly I don't knowabout the faith of your
audience, but I have strongfaith. And I heard God clearly
(12:44):
say do she elevates he actuallysaid Didn't I tell you not want
God to say, Oh, I love it. I wasI came off the stage and the
people that I did so great. Iwas crying. I'm like God, I
promise when I get back to Ohio,I was started and literally
that's how she and she elevatesis a nonprofit. It's a 501 c
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three that empowers girls, to beconfident leaders, entrepreneurs
and CEOs. They can work in a Csuite. But so some girls might
not really want to start thebusiness but we're teaching them
to be such powerful leaders thatthey can run the company even if
they don't own the company.
Jennifer we teach them to begirl boss. But listen to this.
(13:29):
It's not just about a bossbossing people around. It stands
for bringing others success andsignificance. Wait, I gotta show
you this. So that you're likeDolores who's going Oh no. Oh,
that
Jennifer Malcolm (13:49):
boss box is a box box with all these girl
DeLores Pressley (13:52):
bringing other success and significance. So we
have this boss box is going tobe delivered to girls because of
COVID. But this is one thingabout things that happened that
seems like they're bad. And whatpeople to know that good travels
with bad. So we normally havethe Academy in person at Stark
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State College because we wantthe girls to know the college
experience or things. But we hadto do it online this year. But
this year she elevates Academywill be online. We already have
girls from all over the countryregistered and they're going to
get that box with a lot ofamazing things in like glasses.
So sunglasses where they can seetheir future. It's so bright,
(14:36):
they're gonna have mirrors inthere. And they want to tell
everything. I love it. I loveit. I love delivered to their
home. Can you imagine being aneight to 14 year old and getting
a box with all these greatthings delivered to your home
and just that box alone empowersme looking at it on my desk.
Jennifer Malcolm (14:54):
I love it.
Well that's the beautytoo.You're just saying you know
that good travels with that.
Like the ability to To now evengo outside the geography of
Canton, Ohio. And now you'reyou're planting these seeds all
over the nation like that evenwhat can grow and sprout from
that, like, you're just sowingseeds all over and really
(15:15):
instilling hope and confidence.
And when I saw the boss thing atfirst I was like, that's kind of
a negative word. But when youexplain it, you know, you're
like, you know, cuz you thinkbossy. And so it usually has a
negative context. But when yousay you know that she's a boss,
and you get a boss box with themeaning I love it. That's
awesome.
DeLores Pressley (15:32):
Have you ever heard, and I, of course, I was
called bossy, but I'm reallynot. I'm a leader. In little
girls who are leaders. They callthem bossy. But have you ever
heard anyone say a little boywho's a leader, as many people,
they don't call him bossy? Girlsbossy, so I'll take it.
Jennifer Malcolm (15:52):
I'm bossy but and that's very true. So when
you started to say thatsentence, I was really like,
I've never heard of someone sayto a male or a boy, they're
being bossy. It's always afemale. It's always said in a
usually negative, but no areassertive, and a leader and
confident. And those are amazingattributes to have as well. So
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how does a girl get involvedwith your program?
DeLores Pressley (16:18):
So they can go to our website, of course, she
elevates.org. And there'sdifferent ways to get into the
program. One is the Academy,which is happening online, as I
mentioned earlier, and the girlsstart with us in between the
ages of eight and 14. But thenwe have another program after
that they can go to after theyget older than fourth, well,
(16:39):
they can go to the programbefore, but they can stay in our
program till their age 21. Soour goal is to bring other girls
has been in the program to helpalong the way. And they can stay
until they're 21. Started ageeight, we've only had it a
couple years right now, we seeit, like one of our young girls,
(16:59):
her name is the theia. Andmuthiah has a card business and
she's going to be one of the sherose. And we have she rose these
of course like she and so shewill be talking to the other
girls. And she's going to talkabout her experience and being
in the academy.
Jennifer Malcolm (17:19):
So how do other women so I know you have
different people who helpinstruct and, and are there with
you, either, obviously it startcollege when you're in person,
and now the online but how otherentrepreneurs people get
involved? Is there anopportunity for people to help?
Or what does that look like?
DeLores Pressley (17:38):
Oh, hell, are you serious? Absolutely. We need
so much help. Because the visionthat God has given me is so
huge. So if someone wants tovolunteer, we need volunteers,
we need donors, they can send anemail to me at DPW. At Dolores
presley.com, they can easily dothat they can connect with us on
(18:02):
our website, we need women andyou don't have to have owned a
business. If you'd like tovolunteer, we need volunteers in
so many ways. Sure. You name it,we need it because the vision is
huge. And now it's gone global.
We had a couple inquiries fromother people outside of the
country. That's awesome. And Iwasn't even thinking broad
enough, Jennifer, because wewere going to have the academy
(18:22):
from 10 o'clock till 1230.
Because when we were in person,we did it for eight, eight
o'clock is like that, oh, let'sstart late. But then I start
getting inquiries from people onthe West Coast saying the clock
is too early, to change it to12. So that just tells you how
much it's going to go global.
Jennifer Malcolm (18:43):
And just think when you start having global
then you're going to you know,you're gonna have to have that
person in the middle of nightthat's like, Alright, I'm a
night person, I can teach youthe villain night, not
volunteering for that shift. Butas it goes global that you have
to, you really have to put it indifferent elements of how do you
keep engaging an audience,girls, etc, when it's around the
world. So that's awesome. I lovethe vision. And I love that.
(19:06):
Even that you're saying that's alarge vision. I know in my heart
that you probably don't evenknow the fullness of it yet.
Because if you open one door,how much more is behind there
than you can ever think imagine?
Hope for and it just is going tocontinue to grow. You also talk
about the power of view. Sothat's one of the key phrases
that you use. One of you go intowhat that means, how it was
(19:28):
birthed, and give, give theaudience a little bit of insight
on that.
DeLores Pressley (19:34):
I think people are more powerful than I've ever
been taught to believe. Ibelieve that you have power in
you. I think that it goes on tapso many times. And I have like
you said I haven't had booksabout that. But your power is
inside of you and I talked aminute about affirmations but I
have something that I call faithin nations where you affirm
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something in your life with yourfaith. So when I I want it to be
on Oprah Winfrey Show.
Jennifer Malcolm (20:03):
Yes, I wanted to go back to that story too
after this. I'll put a notehere.
DeLores Pressley (20:10):
But I affirmed it. I would say every day, I am
on The Oprah Winfrey Show withmy black jacket, my blacks, and
some red high heels. High fivingwith Oprah, and we do
affirmations or if you want tocall them faith nations, they
must be in the present. So youdon't want to say, Well, I want
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to write my book. No, I'mwriting my book. And so I would
say I'm on Oprah. And peoplewill look at me like, I'm crazy.
Like, how do you think you'regonna get on The Oprah Winfrey
Show? I have so much power, butyou must practice it. And that's
why I say talk to yourself, saythose things to yourself. What
are you reading that isempowering you. I remember, I
(20:54):
was waking up in the morning,and I was looking at my phone
and looking at Facebook, but isthat really empower me, I need
to do something in the morningthat I'm reading that's going to
feed my spirit. Help me grow inbusiness. Help me to be a better
person. So what are you doing toempower yourself, I think that
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you should take 11 minutessaying put your feet up whatever
it is every day. Because we mustpractice self care. Because you
can't take care of others. Youknow that all adage on when you
get on that plane, they tell youto put your mask on first. It's
so true, because you cannot takecare of others. But you can be
an empowered person.
Jennifer Malcolm (21:35):
So tell us about that day on Oprah.
DeLores Pressley (21:38):
Oh, boy, cuz I still get giddy about it.
Jennifer Malcolm (21:40):
I love it.
Because I've heard the storybefore and you still light up
and get giddy. And I'd love tohear a little bit more about
that story and share with ouraudience as well.
DeLores Pressley (21:49):
First, it's a lesson of tenacity. I had sent
my book and she didn't evenmention my book, by the way. My
book to them for two and a halfyears before I even heard one
thing back from The OprahWinfrey Show. How many of your
audience would have given upafter the first year or
something. So that's the storyof tenacity. I'm driving down
(22:10):
the road, my cell phone ringing.
lady says I'm a producer fromThe Oprah Winfrey Show, I put my
phone down which I asked her tohold on, which I should have
never done. Don't do that. Ifsomeone calls. I just said Thank
you, God. And I picked the phoneback up and she was still there.
And luckily, thank you, thankgoodness. They told me that I
will be talking about teachingin America because I was a
(22:34):
teacher. Remember, I still ownthe business, and was a teacher
and still an author and still aspeaker. But it wasn't even that
didn't even happen. It was herfavorite thing show. So when I
got there, and my students got achance, they didn't get to go to
Chicago to the show. But mystudents got a chance to be
featured on The Oprah WinfreyShow. And it wasn't even about
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teaching in America. She justloves teachers and all those
amazing gifts. And my bestfriend that I mentioned earlier,
Larissa, who got to be theballerina when I didn't get to
Trina, she got to go with me andgot all of those things. So she
still owes me. Even I took herson to have a chance to meet
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Michael Jackson. Can you imaginehe loved me he was on like six.
But she owes me from MichaelJackson.
Jennifer Malcolm (23:25):
I can't wait for her to hear this podcast and
like, my list of things.
DeLores Pressley (23:31):
I have the power I need Hmm, did I even get
a chance to be Michael Jackson.
get a chance to meet some of themost incredible people but he's
the power in us. And it takesaction. It takes work. We talk
about the girls and, and beingan academy and it's going to be
fun if the kid is engaging, andall these things. But it takes
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work. Right being anentrepreneur, it takes work I
have this one thing calleddecaf. And decaf is really not
the drink. But an acronym formaking a decision. So decide
what you want. E is for beingempowered. C is for commit a is
act, you can't do anything withthat. And F is for focus and
(24:13):
follow through. So if you justdo that to bring power to your
life, it will you will beempowered. I use decaf this day
for everything.
Jennifer Malcolm (24:25):
And I think it's interesting because you you
really hit on it. You're sayingthe words. In the moments you're
saying in present tense, whichis important. I am an author, I
am writing my book. I you know Iam on Oprah Winfrey, instead of
I will be someday because that'sI think most people will say
like, Hey, I would dream in myheart that someday I'll be on
(24:46):
Oprah or someday I'll write mybook. And Sunday often doesn't
come and I actually when I wasdating my husband, we were in
this you know, he's like, Well,yeah, well, we'll go there
someday. And I'm like, Nope, Idon't believe in Sunday. I don't
believe in Sunday becauseSomeday, never comes. So you
have to plan it, you have to beactionable with it. And so I
think that piece of presenttense, talking and affirmations
(25:08):
to yourself, but you also haveto put work behind it. So even
if you would affirmed it, butnever reach out to Oprah or been
tenacious about reaching out andcontinue to reach out for two
and a half years, the likelihoodwas, you wouldn't be on that on
the show there is putting thosetwo elements together present
tense and tenacity with youraction items.
That's awesome.
(25:30):
What some, I'm gonna go a littlebit off script here, what's
something that most people don'tknow about you,
DeLores Pressley (25:35):
and I love to dance. I love singing. And
there's one thing that I don'tshare a lot, and I'm going to
share it today, all about powerfour. So when I was newly
married, I ended up withendometriosis. And then I've
been married for 41 years. Sothat was a long time ago. And it
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was considered the white woman'sdisease. And they were saying
that black women don't get thatdisease. So they didn't even
look at me for that disease. Andunfortunately, it was all over
my organs. And I wasn't able togive birth. And that was the one
thing if anyone knew me when Iwas little, I was always rocking
(26:17):
babies, I had every baby inchurch and and so that was a
devastating for me. And, and Ididn't even share it for a long
time because my mother God resther soul was she didn't really
like tell them things like that,you know, the family secret or
whatever. But you should tellthings like that, because that
(26:38):
there are so many women outthere who have problems with
infertility and not able to givebirth, but they can see someone
who wasn't able to give birth,but I have all my children. And
I do have two beautiful, oh mygosh, great grandchildren,
grandchildren, two boys, they'remy husband's children, my
children, I have children. And Ihad to pick myself up off that
(27:03):
floor moment because it isDavid.
Jennifer Malcolm (27:06):
Yeah, and thank you for for sharing that.
Because I know some of the womenthat you know, have agreed to be
on the show with us have dealtwith those issues and either
multiple miscarriages, actuallycarrying you know, a child to 99
months and then losing the childduring childbirth and fertility,
adoption fostering so we have alot of those that you know,
(27:26):
motherhood can look very uniqueand very different. But it is a
it's a heart string topic for alot of women. And it's a lot
that I've heard through theyears well, it's kind of a
private issue, don't talk aboutit. But the power of talking
about it is in the healingjourney. And the healing of I'm
not alone, in isolation, inshame, any of those things that
(27:47):
come with not not havingsomething that you know is in
your heart and know. So thankyou for sharing that. But I
would love to see you dancing,and you did just have your
anniversary a couple days agowith grant, and you said was
4341 years, 41 years. And I lovelooking at your pictures on
Facebook because you guys alwayshave your romantic from your
(28:08):
wedding pictures all the waythrough your professional
pictures now with him. And Ilove that you guys do so much
together because I've seen whenyou're doing your conferences,
and you're doing things youknow, he's right there by your
side, loving you, supportingyou, cheering you on. And that's
an amazing, amazing man andmarriage. So
DeLores Pressley (28:26):
loving is amazing. And he is so romantic.
I am. I can't say I'm the mostromantic, but he is and he keeps
because keeps giving he's soloving. And that's really a
blessing because I coach a lotof women, and I have some women
that I work with whose spousesor partners are not really down
(28:48):
with helping them and not reallysupporting them. So I am very
thankful to God. Yeah, myhusband and I know you do to the
supports what I am doing.
Jennifer Malcolm (28:59):
Yeah, when I started talking to him about
this dream in my heart for thispodcast, and Jennasis Speaks and
where I wanted to go and he waslike, all right, like, he's
right there beside me,encouraging me he's, you know,
helping edit, he's helping youknow me formulate, formulate
some words and pulling thingstogether. So having, you know, a
(29:19):
strong partner that supportsstrong women, bossy women,
DeLores Pressley (29:25):
Leaders
Jennifer Malcolm (29:26):
leaders know are is is an essential. So I'm
very, very grateful for that.
There's another term that youuse often is carry as you climb.
So what does that phrase mean?
DeLores Pressley (29:40):
It means take someone along your journey. I
think every woman should have amentor. It should have a
sponsor, and they should have acoach. So most people are
familiar with all of those likeI coach women who want to be
speakers or women who want togrow their businesses or women
who just really want to live thelife that they want and needs
Someone along the way, but amentor and I hope everyone has a
(30:04):
mentor. And I hope every person,not just women will be a mentor
for another person. So that'sjust helping them, helping them,
they have questions answeringthem. A sponsor is a little
different. A sponsor is more inthe corporation, a person who is
there, I may talk about howamazing Jennifer is when she's
(30:24):
not around. And that's what asponsor is, they help you as
well. So I think everyone shoulddo that. So carrying as you
climb, means you're takingsomeone else along. So me I've
had an opportunity to be verysuccessful. There's a quote by
Chuck poloneck, it says, andit's a little different. So he
(30:47):
says, we all die, the goal isnot to live forever, but to
create something that will,that's kind of how she elevates
was birth, I want something. Andnot it's not about the worse,
but is about something that willlive long past the Lord will
make a difference in the girlslives. Even parents from last
(31:09):
year, when the girls in theacademy, they tell me their
daughters are so confident thatthey don't even recognize their
daughters cheering as yourclimb, is taking other people
with you, in the corporateeverywhere, you know, wherever
you are, if you own a business,if someone else, you know, climb
with you don't climb with anempty bag,
Jennifer Malcolm (31:30):
and I and I guess that that piece, you know,
I other people say well, that'sa coach, but I think you're
saying very distinctly theythere's different elements for
each of those. And if I have tobe all three, it's very
intentional to say they lookvery different. They have
different y's and they havedifferent outcomes as well.
What are some other ways to helpgirls or young women to be
(31:53):
empowered?
DeLores Pressley (31:56):
First of all, you should be speaking and i
what i call life into them.
Watch how you speak to girls,how you talk to your children?
What are you saying becausethose things resonate with the
children, and what you're sayingaround them. You just can't say
anything. I need some younggirls who to me, they are much
more grown than they should be.
(32:20):
Because they've been exposed toso much and there's so many
things on television on theinternet. So to empower a little
girl, just give her limitedtime. Now I'm not saying don't
let her be on the internet oranything like that. Look at what
she's watching. Look at whatshe's saying. And most
importantly, listen, listen, isshe talking to you when she's
(32:44):
out of school? or What is shejust be really intentional about
listening to her and what yousay to her because the power of
words how powerfulpeople and you said earlier like
earliernsticks and stones. Butwords will never hurt that's a
lie because words hurt
Jennifer Malcolm (33:07):
Well and the essence of the words to like it
is it's a constant record inyour mind. So things from
childhood things from being ateenager things from different
walks of life you have wordsthat people try to stick on you
so you're this you're thatyou're in it and they're hurtful
and you do have to then be verycognizant, which goes back to
(33:30):
were talking about before aboutyour affirmations and the words
faith faith nations that you sayabout yourself because it's
almost like eating you are whatyou eat, you know, you put good
things in your body stronger.
Same with words and mentalhealth as well as that, that
it's essential to speak life andyou know, me raising, you know,
I have three teenagers but twoor you know, young women and you
(33:52):
know, 15 and a half and 17 andyou're 17 and a half year old
girls right now and watchingthem become their own watching
my middle one going off tocollege as well. There's a lot
to say you know it I hope allthe good all the confidence all
the positive things that youknow, I've put into her her her
dad's put into her step parentshave put into her that those
(34:15):
come out of her heart when youknow she's she's on her own as
well. And I've full confidenceshe will succeed. But it isn't
the listening piece becausethat's what's coming out of
their heart and mind and soul.
DeLores Pressley (34:27):
It's important that we listen so many people
and that's it. You know, Italked too much, but I am a good
listener.
Jennifer Malcolm (34:35):
You're just a leader. That's not we're just
going back as a leader. Fordifferent women who inspire you
or authors, you like to listento podcasts like how do you feel
your tank because you're givingout so much, you know, positive.
So what are the things that alsoinspire you to keep you moving
forward as well?
DeLores Pressley (34:54):
Well, I'm inspired by Michelle Obama. I
had the opportunity when she wasin Cleveland to get a I didn't
meet her per se and I've been inthe audience. But that's
shocking, isn't it? But I didn'treally do an intention to meet
her. That's so so inspired byher story and what she was able
to do as a former First Lady ofthe United States. She just
(35:14):
inspires me to know that and ofcourse, Oprah doesn't know it
yet. But she's going to beinvolved. Was She Elevate?
Jennifer Malcolm (35:27):
See, you're just speaking about there. She
will be involved.
DeLores Pressley (35:29):
He is involved. Exactly.
Jennifer Malcolm (35:32):
She is involved in she elevate. So when
she listens to this podcast onday one, we declared it then
that's great.
But why? Why do you think and Ididn't know what it feels like
the theme on this really is thepower of words. Because even
throughout your book, yourprogram, she elevates all of
this, there's this the Maticthing of really, the power of
(35:55):
words. And in your, in your ownwords, what? Why is it important
for me? Why is it important forour listeners? Why is it
important for other women toreally understand that concept?
And because some people likethat's a little blue or a little
fluffy, or it really doesn'twork, but in your own, you know,
(36:17):
from from the mouths of mouth ofDeLores Pressley. the why beh
nd th
DeLores Pressley (36:22):
So you were created for purpose, you were
created for purpose. But if youdon't use your power, you may
miss out on some success, youwill just like you mentioned
earlier had I not startedsending my information to Oprah,
I would have missed out on thatopportunity. Your purpose is
(36:42):
greater than you. And I want youto touch into your and you can
think Whoo, if you like, butbelieve me, I know that it works
because I've used it. And I'vecoached hundreds of women who
have used it who can't. Matterof fact, I was just on a
coaching call this morning, andone of my clients who literally
(37:03):
Her name is chalon Barnett,check her out on social. But she
didn't even speak above awhisper when I met her. And I
gave him a story. When I saidyou have to speak from your
diaphragm. And I when I was ateacher, there was a famous man
there in my room. And she saidshe stood up and she said Mrs.
(37:25):
Presley says always speak fromyour diagram. So Alon didn't
even speak of a whisper. And nowshe's spoken in London, she's
been to Africa, she's been allover, because she finally
believes in the power ofherself. So it doesn't matter
how much I might believe in you,right. But if you don't believe
(37:48):
in yourself, right, and you tapinto that power, then you're not
going to reach your fullpotential in my opinion.
Jennifer Malcolm (37:54):
And I think that piece of, you know, not
allowing others to hold youback. But when that truth,
pillar, nugget, whatever becomesignited in your soul, that I am
this, I am a powerful Speaker Iam, I'm going to change women's
lives one story at a time,because every story has a story,
every woman has a story andevery story matters, to really
(38:16):
just when that becomes true inme, it's a lot easier for that
spark to ignite to other people.
It's just the same with sheelevates, as you've transformed
that to an online platform. Andnow being able to expand in
geography and time zones andthroughout the nation. And that
spark comes alive. So it is Ithink it's you know, I can
believe the best and some Icould be blessed believe the
(38:38):
best in my daughters. But untilthey believe that truth, and
they walk in that confidence,and they walk in that calling
and they walk in that purpose.
It's just mom telling themsomething, you know, that she
has to do as a mom, why do youthink it's important for women
to understand that they have thepower to work for themselves
(38:58):
versus someone else? Even ifthey don't? So even if they you
know, you a lot of what youteach is on entrepreneurship.
But why is it important to know,hey, I can do this, even if I
choose not to?
DeLores Pressley (39:12):
Well, I think many times we are role models,
and people are looking at useven when we don't realize
they're looking at us. And so ifyou're not really using your
power, then as I mean I keepsaying I know it sounds like a
broken record, but your purposeis so important. And you have a
reason to be on this earth. Soit doesn't matter if you want to
(39:35):
be an entrepreneur. It doesn'tmatter if you want to wash
dishes, it doesn't matter whatyou want to do. But do it to the
best of your ability and thenshare that ability with others
because it's just going to makea better world for us. We need
to really love we so many thingsare going on in this world right
now. But if we just let love me,such a much better world If you
(40:00):
use your power, it'll be evengreater.
Jennifer Malcolm (40:03):
And that's, that's the essence, even with
this podcast is, you know, we'renot targeting a certain faith,
we're not targeting certaineconomic status or it's just for
entrepreneurs, we're nottargeting an age or a race or
sexual orientation, even like,we are just saying, you're a
(40:24):
woman, and you're powerful, andyou have a voice and that voice
matters. And the more that wecan instill that love kindness
into ourselves, first, put yourmask on, like you said, at the
beginning, on the airplane, theairplane is going down, put your
oxygen mask on first. But whenyou can come from that place of
love and acceptance and power,that then can overflow into
(40:47):
other women. And that's the,that's the one in the, in the
hope for the Jennasis Movement ithat women just become mor
confident their own selves. Anit doesn't mean that they hav
to write a book or performballet, or be on Oprah, it'
just that they're a good womanthey're a good mother, they're
good partner, they're a goocontributor to society, and wor
(41:10):
and, and that piece is, yoknow, really aligns with wha
you share what you teach how yowalk your life, that's prett
cool
DeLores Pressley (41:21):
Don't let anyone tell you about your own
self worth. Once you understandyour value, you will be paid
your worth. But again, it goesback. If you don't understand
that you're valuable, then youwon't make the money that you
should be making. Because you'reafraid to ask, and women who are
in corporate, I say ask for whatyou want. And then be quiet and
(41:44):
listen. Because Oh,statistically, men make more
money than women. But why isthat? Because we're always
making excuses. I could havesaid and I mean, there probably
was a time, you would have saidOh, you have on a beautiful pink
dress? Well, this whole thingbecause women we just kind of do
that. You matter? Don't letanyone tell you different. You
(42:08):
atter
Jennifer Malcolm (42:08):
So where are you going from here because I
know that she elevates. But Iknow there's always dreams going
on the back of your mind. And asyou're as you're working in for
made formulating this one andpulling all the pieces together,
there's other things kind of inthe back, is there anything that
you feel good about sharing withour audience today,
DeLores Pressley (42:27):
you kind of know me, right?
Jennifer Malcolm (42:30):
I do, but the audience doesn't.
DeLores Pressley (42:34):
So I writing a children's book, I won't really
give the name of it. But it is.
Yep. And it is kind of sharingmy story too, about my whole
life and everything and beingfat and all of that. So that's
one thing that I'm doing, Ireally want to see she elevates
taught all over the world. Andliterally maybe into schools, we
(42:54):
may go into schools, I don'tknow if I want to travel as much
as I used to. But now withCOVID, you can be a virtual
trainer right over there. Sothat's kind of where I am, is
making sure that this book ismaking sure that these girls all
over the world are confident,and just enjoying life, because
I think we should enjoy. like
Jennifer Malcolm (43:18):
going back to your phrase you said earlier,
you know, the good comes withthe bad, you know, the ability
to stay home that the world iseven smaller in a lot of
avenues, that virtual meetingsis so normal. And the
opportunity to have a largeraudience and a larger expansion
in each of those areas has hasjust really opened up you know,
(43:38):
wide. And for for our teamagenesis. and Associates, we
made the transition easier, veryeasily because we're a virtual
company. So the transition wasvery easy. But it allowed our
clients and our colleagues toreally step into airspace that
we were comfortable with. And soinstead of driving to every
meeting and getting in the carhere and there and hustling and
(44:00):
bustling around or getting onplanes and traveling, like we're
able to be more efficient, morefamily time, etc. So there is
the good that comes with that aswell. I actually heard in one of
my mentorship groups, find yourCOVID keeps so the things that
you really learned in COVID alot of it had to do you know, in
the sharing of this was familytime family dinners, family
(44:21):
games, but what are those thingsyou really want to keep, you
know, as the world and you know,goes back to normal and more
open. But one of those COVIDkeeps that you really found
through the process of being youknow, at home and with your
family that you feel like wow, Iforgot a I cherish these moments
(44:41):
and those COVID key.
DeLores Pressley (44:43):
You have a lot of small, you know right now
being in your homes or wherever,but at the same time, it's so
gigantic. There's like what 8billion people in the world.Now
you can reach all eight.
Exactly. Exactly. There is sucha difference. Exactly.
Jennifer Malcolm (45:00):
Do you have a y last minute thoughts f
r our audience, before werap this up?
DeLores Pressley (45:05):
I just want yo to be the person who you were
reated to be. And I want youo take action. So instead
f just thinking about andsaying affirmations, and al
these different things, act onit, do something that's going to
make a difference in someone's lfe. It may not even be the
(45:26):
orld's life, but someone aroundou, so act and do something
that's going to make a diffrence, someone
Jennifer Malcolm (45:34):
And that part of leaving a legacy doing
something that is beyond you aswell. So thank you so much for
being with me here today. And asI complimented you in our pre
show the pink on you looksamazing. So I love You're always
you're always polished and puttogether and so thank you for
being here today. Thanks to ouraudience for coming in and
(45:55):
listening to DeLores's story. Ihope you are encouraged and e
powered today through this. So say tuned for our next episode o
Jennasis Speaks where everyoman has a story and every
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