Featured Guests
Over the past three seasons, an abundance of brilliant guests have graced the Working Within platform to reach and inspire others through their own unique stories. We are so grateful to have had them on our show, and we encourage you to connect with and learn more about them and their journeys.
Get a glimpse of the folks who have shared their wisdom below.
Featured in Episode #41:
"Leaving Behind a Legacy"
“Black women are considered the canaries in the coal mines. We always know there is something wrong way before it is even acknowledged.”
Gabrielle Wyatt
Founder & CEO, The Highland Project
Featured in Episode #40:
"Showing Up for Yourself: An Act of Service"
“Black women are considered the canaries in the coal mines. We always know there is something wrong way before it is even acknowledged.”
Dr. Tara Jae
Founder & Exec. Dire. at Youth Seen & Co-Founder Black Pride Colorado
Featured in Episode #39:
"Leadership Takes a Village"
Pisces Sun
“The village is the greatest gift we’ve ever had, but it’s the most overlooked present that we’ve ever received at the same time.”
Dr. Ryan Ross
President of the Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado
Featured in Episode #38:
"A Love Letter to Black Girls"
Cancer Sun
“As part of what I do in mental health and in talking about trauma is actually saying that our traumas actually give us superpowers if we choose to be a superhero instead of a super-villain.”
Dr. Plashan McCune
Exec. Dire. Higher Learning U Inc.
Featured in Episode #37:
"Strengthening our Black Economic Base"
Pisces Sun
"When you have a direction and you don't necessarily know what your specific destination is, you have to explore in that direction."
Jice Johnson
Founder and CEO, Black Business Initiative
Featured in Episode #36:
"Adopting a Money Mindset"
Jay & Mani
Hosts, Fine & Filthy Rich Podcast
Featured in Episode #35:
"Building Your Own Empire"
Aries Sun
“Get out of your own way, take a series of small steps, and then you arrive -- and you'll arrive over and over again.”
Nicole Bruno
Founder and CEO, Bruno PR & Social
Featured in Episode #34:
"Persevering through the Realities of Entrepreneurship"
Gemini Sun
“Often, there are times when you're trying to change something, there are rules set in place to keep the status quo. You've gotta think about that, at least have an idea or vision, for how you're going to work through that.”
Aaron Walker
Founder and CEO, Camelback Ventures
Featured in Episode #33:
"Accessing the Power of Empathy "
Sagittarius Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Capricorn Rising
“When you're not living authentically, then things don't really open up for you as much because you're not really gravitating towards the things that are you!”
Syah B.
Creative Strategist, Syah B. Consulting
Featured in Episode #32:
"Taking Control of Your Beauty"
Aries Sun, Virgo Moon, Scorpio Rising
“Every place along the journey, there have been bits and pieces that I have taken and learned. So as I sit here today, in the role that I'm in -- I'm infinitely more capable and more successful, because of all those moments.”
Christiane Pendarvis
Co-President, Savage X Fenty
Featured in Episode #31:
"Unlocking Your Professional DNA"
Pisces Sun
“You’ve had ‘no more’ moments before, and you’ve outstayed the season that you’re in, and it’s time to move on. Be brave. Bet on you. And get out of the situation that you’re in, so that you can take your life to another level.”
Tareka Wheeler
Mindset & Career Strategist, T.W. Strategic Solutions
Featured in Episode #30:
"Encountering Resistance and Doing It Anyway"
Virgo Sun
"Our greatest fear is not our failure, our greatest fear is our light."
Wanda James
Founder & CEO, Simply Pure Dispensary
Featured in Episode #28:
"Discipline as a Duty to the Self"
Taurus Sun
"Whatever you aim to do, get to doing it."
The Honorable Shannon Frison
Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court
Featured in Episode #27:
"The Perks of Realizing Your Willpower"
Scorpio Sun, Leo Moon, Aries Rising
“Your mind… that’s your home in a lot of ways. So you have to make sure that place is supportive, and not responsive, and not drawn to things that aren’t serving your energy or your wishes for yourself.”
Dr. Heather Cameron
Social Innovator & Entrepreneur
Featured in Episode #26:
"Cultivating a Personal Sense of Belonging"
Pisces Sun, Taurus Moon, Virgo Rising
“In any given moment I can create not only who I am, but what I want for myself. When I gained that freedom, that power, everything shifted.”
Rosanna Durruthy
VP, Global Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, LinkedIn
Featured in Episode #24:
"Creation, Manifestation, and Visualization"
Virgo Sun Libra Moon
Aquarius Sun Taurus Moon Sagittarius Rising
"Anyone who is visioning, anyone who is manifesting is inherently creative because they are creating something that doesn't exist today, that they want to see in the future."
Liz Friedland & Amac Maceda
Head of Community, Landing & Visual Artist
Featured in Episode #18:
"Queer Theory (by a Black Woman)"
Sagittarius Sun, Libra Moon, Taurus Rising
"I don't know why we put so much pressure on women to stay in such rigid binaries when they aren't going to anyway?"
Efua Osei
Content Strategist