SHESpeaks, the Young&BosSHE podcast

SHESpeaks, the Young and BosSHE podcast, an opportunity to hear from dynamic SHEs and celebrate their stories

SHEspeaks S2 Ep10: Elizabeth Eichhorn 12/05/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep10: Elizabeth Eichhorn With the holiday season among us, we’re focused on hospitality and the building of authentic, real connections. Our guest, Elizabeth Eichhorn, is the Founder and CEO of Ampersand Dinners, an organization dedicated to creating authentic opportunities for professional connections around the dinner table that seed the potential for future collaborations. Elizabeth discusses her innovative approach to networking, the beauty of life-giving dinner experiences, the art of hospitality in leadership and more. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/12287657

SHEspeaks S2 Ep9: Lindsey Hall 10/30/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep9: Lindsey Hall This month, we’re focusing our content on SHEsSurviving. Today’s guest, Lindsey Hall, is a writer, blogger, social media influencer and recovery advocate dedicated to transparency throughout her own journey of recovering from disordered eating. Lindsey discusses her story, the science of eating disorders, supporting people you love who might be navigating similar journeys, the ways you know you’re in recovery and the importance of never letting anything steal the joys that accompany our one and only l /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/11848604

SHEspeaks S2 Ep8: Zaniya Lewis 09/30/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep8: Zaniya Lewis We’re kicking off the school year by featuring SHEsInCollege, and today’s guest, Zaniya Lewis, is making big moves. In high school, she won an essay competition where she shared her story about overcoming adversity in high school, meeting Michelle Obama and appearing on the cover of Seventeen Magazine. From there, she launched her dreams and the Yes She Can Campaign, an initiative to support young women on their journey to accessing education. We discuss her work and advice to other CollegeSHEs. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/11444810

SHEspeaks S2 Ep7: Kat Brendel 08/28/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep7: Kat Brendel We’re featuring our first global guest - Kat Brendel, Co-Founder and Head of Communication at Co-Women, a community club and co-working space in Berlin, Germany. Dedicated to re-imagining co-working for women as a function of community, Co-Women’s approach includes mentoring, networking, relationships, weekly wine nights and more. Kat discusses her team’s road to abandoning their full time gig, one of their mottos — collaboration over competition and the science behind the value of a SHE-based netw /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/11024195

SHEspeaks S2 Ep6: Shovann Staton-Backus 06/27/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep6: Shovann Staton-Backus This month, we’re focusing our content on SHEsFounders, a theme dedicated to the SHEs in our world who are building their own futures. I’m speaking with Claire Smith, the founder and owner of Teffola, a fresh teff granola made from ancient grains grown on a farm that has been in Clarie’s family for 7 generations. She tells us about how growth strategy, how she continues to honor tradition through her business, the importance of building a mental foundation of strength for herself and more. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/10308275

SHEspeaks S2 Ep5: Claire Smith 05/30/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep5: Claire Smith This month, we’re focusing our content on SHEsFounders, a theme dedicated to the SHEs in our world who are building their own futures. I’m speaking with Claire Smith, the founder and owner of Teffola, a fresh teff granola made from ancient grains grown on a farm that has been in Clarie’s family for 7 generations. She tells us about how growth strategy, how she continues to honor tradition through her business, the importance of building a mental foundation of strength for herself and more. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/9975722

SHEspeaks S2 Ep4: Caroline Snyder 04/25/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep4: Caroline Snyder This month, we’re back with a YBShe favorite - SHEs in STEM. This month’s guest, Caroline Snyder, is a entrepreneurial STEMShe - the founder and CEO of Verdi Advising, a financial coaching company for women with non-traditional careers. Caroline spends her days re-educating our world on the way in which we understand money, and its emotional impact, emphasizing the significance of privilege into the entire conversation and more. For Caroline, we can all be money experts, we just have to start talking. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/9527309

SHEspeaks S2 Ep3: Mariah Brown 03/28/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep3: Mariah Brown This month, we're focusing our content on SHEsFirst, an opportunity to highlight the pioneering SHEs in our world that have paved the ways for others. This guest's name might be familiar for many - Mariah Brown grew up on television as her family's story was detailed through TLC's hit show Sister Wives. A social justice advocate and member of the LBGTQ community, Mariah discusses her televised coming out story, her family's platform, her master's program in social justice and social work and more. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/9170882

SHEspeaks S2 Ep2: Brynn Plummer 02/28/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep2: Brynn Plummer This month, we’re focusing our content on SHEsBlack&SHEsProud, a theme curated by VP of Inclusion and Community Relations at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and this month’s podcast guest, Brynn Plummer. Now, she’s working to combat the lack of diversity throughout entrepreneurship. She further unpacks that disparity through a stat she shares, discusses the lessons she’s learned as a black woman at work and the ways in which white allies can stop virtue signaling and start acting. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/8819081

SHEspeaks S2 Ep1: Emi Canahuati 01/31/2019

SHEspeaks S2 Ep1: Emi Canahuati This month, we’re kicking off Season 2 of SHEspeaks around our January theme of HealthSHEs. Emi Canahauti, a sexuality educator, trainer and owner of Thrive and Talk Education has dedicated her life to assisting people with navigating their sexuality, a word she says that we, as a society, don’t fully understand. We’ll learn more about sexuality, how our identities are formed, the first language children learn to speak as infants and the importance of holistic health - all aspects of it - for all SHEs /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/8468297

SHEspeaks Ep 12: Season 1 Finale 12/20/2018

SHEspeaks Ep 12: Season 1 Finale Season 1 is a wrap! And we're highlighting all that we've discussed this year. Listen for a summary of our powerful SHE guests - and a look at what's to come! SHEs everywhere, this one's for you. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/7990220

SHEspeaks Ep 11: The Lone Star Parity Project 10/25/2018

SHEspeaks Ep 11: The Lone Star Parity Project Brooke Lopez and Adrianna Maberry are co-founders of The Lone Star Parity Project, a non-partisan initiative dedicated to sharing the stories of women and femmes in Texas politics to ensure political parity everywhere. As our first remote interview, these trailblazers their use of story and data to impact the political climate, research behind voting centers, their own journeys on the campaign trail and how the lessons they’ve learned can be applied to countless races across our country. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/7308674

SHEspeaks Ep 10: Dr. Lakisha Simmons 09/27/2018

SHEspeaks Ep 10: Dr. Lakisha Simmons Dr. Lakisha Simmons, business analytics expert, associate professor of information management systems at Belmont University and executive director of The Achiever Academy, spends her days teaching -- both in and out of the classroom. We'll discuss her dedication to education, her belief in the power of mentoring young women as they work to understand just how powerful they are, how she's transforming access to period products in Nashville (and beyond!) and her successful career in business technology. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/7096693

SHEspeaks Ep 9: Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt 08/30/2018

SHEspeaks Ep 9: Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, assistant professor at Vanderbilt University and a Team USA medalist, has dedicated her career to studying issues surrounding disability identity, equality and empowerment for all individuals. We’ll discuss her incredibly successful and decorated athletic career, her work with identity and inclusion, her lengthy battle through a 4-year disability discrimination lawsuit, and the intersection of disability, race, gender and sports. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6985920

SHEspeaks Ep 8: Marjorie K. Eastman 07/26/2018

SHEspeaks Ep 8: Marjorie K. Eastman This month we're celebrating SHEs in Service and featuring Marjorie K. Eastman, a veteran SHE who dedicated 10 years of her life to the Army as an intelligence officer and commander. While in service, Marjorie was the No. 1 intelligence commander in Eastern Afghanistan. She discusses her extensive experiences in leadership, the importance of diversity, the prevalence of our ‘anchors’ (what Marjorie calls the implicit biases alive in each of us), the importance behind finding your own frontline and more /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6844689

SHEspeaks Ep 7: Dr. Marisa Richmond 06/26/2018

SHEspeaks Ep 7: Dr. Marisa Richmond This month, we're focusing on LGBT+SHEs and featuring Dr. Marisa Richmond, Professor of history and women's and gender studies at MTSU and First Vice Chair of Metro Human Relations Commission (among many other things). Marisa has spent her life advocating for LGBT+ rights. We'll discuss her extensive and dedicated work, the ways in which all SHEs can advocate for transgender issues and the importance of intersectional identity. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6744665

miniSHES: Girls to the Moon (Ep6) 05/28/2018

miniSHES: Girls to the Moon (Ep6) This month, we're celebrating miniSHES and featuring Nashville-based organization Girls to the Moon, a nonprofit dedicated to launching confident girls while creating a more inclusive community. We also speak with three local miniSHES about their own experiences, their SHEroes, what it's like to be a miniSHE in 2018 and more. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6642568

SHEs in STEM: Rainu Ittycheriah (Ep5) 04/27/2018

SHEs in STEM: Rainu Ittycheriah (Ep5) This month on #SHEspeaks, host Hope Cooper Buckner speaks with JavaScript enthusiast, full-stack developer and software engineer Rainu Ittycheriah about her experiences within the STEM industry as a SHE. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6528200

SHEshakers: Emma Supica & Unscripted (Ep4) 03/29/2018

SHEshakers: Emma Supica & Unscripted (Ep4) This month, Young&BosSHE #SHEspeaks host Hope Buckner speaks with nonprofit consultant and Executive Director of Unscripted Emma Supica about her work within a Nashville start-up, her improv research, and the SHEs who have shaped her life. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6421416

SHEcreatives: Maria Spear Ollis and Spear IP (Ep3) 02/28/2018

SHEcreatives: Maria Spear Ollis and Spear IP (Ep3) This month Young&BosSHE #SHEspeaks host Hope Buckner talks leadership and creativity with Maria Spear Ollis, founder and owner of Spear IP. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6313591

SHELeaders: Nashville Feminist Collective (Ep2) 01/21/2018

SHELeaders: Nashville Feminist Collective (Ep2) This month Young&BosSHE co-creator and SHEspeaks host Hope Buckner sat down to talk leadership with Kimmy Garris, member of the Nashville Feminist Collective (NFC) Steering Committee. /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6171995

SHESpeaks: Our Story (Ep1) 12/18/2017

SHESpeaks: Our Story (Ep1) For our first episode in the SHEspeaks series, the Young&BosSHE co-creators sat down to tell our story story: how Young&BosSHE came to be, our dreams for the future, and how SHEs everywhere can get involved in our movement! Listen here! Why a podcast? Because a SHE is most powerful when using her voice — and we are bringing those voices to you! Interested in being a part of #SHEspeaks? Email us at [email protected]! /episode/index/show/shespeaks/id/6055373

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