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Simply put, being a woman of color in the working world is weird. It can feel like an otherworldly experience. As a whole, we continue to run into obstacles when it comes to corporate growth, and often it can be difficult to fit in when you are the only person of color on a team or in a department. --- Join, Andrea Kwamya, host and founder of BGOM Consulting, as she sits down with special guests to discuss various nuances of life, work, mental health, and social situations through the lens o ...
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John and Andi Dawkins explore what it means to try and reinvent yourself after thirty, discussing their own journey going back to college, raising a family, and dealing with upheaval later in life. The show includes discussions of going back to school later in life, raising a family at 40, and not letting your fears stop you from being happy. This is a journey story, not an expert lecture. They are blundering through this as best they can and passing on what they have learned.
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After a long hiatus, John and Andi pick up their narrative on starting college as an adult. As a freshman, John had to deal with the workload and the teenagers. Hear him discuss his first semester and the challenges of brushing off the rust of academia. Also, John and Andi review Fort Wayne's newest coffee cafe and the movie Larry Crowne, where Tom…
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Ep. 9 | Diana Chow • Growing into a Passion Led Career
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WATCH THE RECORDING OF THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Support Andrea's work on Patreon or Buy her a coffee! ------ Diana Chow is a music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter. Fusing her lifelong love of music and classically trained background with her long-time career in tech and software engineering, she produces melodic electronic mus…
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Ep. 8 | Vanessa E. Anyanso • Lifting the Weight of Being Black in America
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Support BGOM PODCAST on Patreon! or Buy Andrea a Coffee! Questions for Andrea? Send her an email at onlyblackgirlonmars@gmail.com Andrea will be hosting a free seminar Redefining Mentorship in the Digital Age, next Tuesday, April 13th 12PM PST. RSVP Here for this Free Webinar. Vanessa Anyanso is a Nigerian-American Counseling Psychology student bor…
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Ep. 7 | Andrea Afua Kwamya • Red Planet Recap
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It's been a while, so I just wanted to check-in and catch you up before announcing the upcoming season. There are many exciting things in store that you don't want to miss! In this episode, I talk about: - The Infamous Missing Episodes - Growing Your Own Small Business - Narcissistic Relationships in the Media - Friendship After the Awkward Years U…
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Recorded just after the new year, John and Andi talk about their New Year's resolutions, and how you might be able to make them stick. Also, in another installment of the Jellybean Report, Eileen tells us about her Christmas, and challenges her father to create a unique musical composition. Oh Shoot...REBOOT! is a product of Wayneshout Productions.…
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How to Stop Whining About Silly Things Like Your Job
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In this episode, we talk about how Andi convinced John that being unhappy in a job was no way to live, and about making the decision to leave full-time employment and finally go to college. We also connect a family birthday with a stinky historical event, and John has to justify his education to Andi once again in a new episode of Was It Worth It? …
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In our second episode, John and Andi Dawkins talk about how they met and how they inspire each other to be better. We hear one of the first songs John wrote, about the day they met, and five-year-old Eileen attempts to wheedle information about the birds and the bees in her birthday edition of the Jellybean Report. Oh Shoot... REBOOT! is produced b…
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In our very first episode, we will talk about our evolving lives, and why we are doing a podcast series about life changes. We are John and Andi Dawkins, and we are late bloomers. We married at thirty-one, John went to college at thirty five, and we became parents shortly thereafter. We want to help people overcome their fear of starting over, beca…
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Here's the trailer for our new show, dropping Friday, October 9th! Come explore with us the weird and rewarding journey toward reinventing your life and career!By John Dawkins, Andrea Dawkins
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Ep. 6 | Marian DeSouza • Developing a Strong Sense of Self
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About Marian DeSouza Marian DeSouza is a creative director and visual artist from New Zealand, based in NYC. Using her 16 years of experience working for luxury brands in various countries, as a designer and art director, her focus is now on 2013 - established Studio by Harlow. In addition to freelancing for niche & luxury label clients, Marian’s w…
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Ep 5. | Kourtni Lynn Dawkins | Are You A Leader or a Follower?
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About Kourtni Lynn Dawkins Kourtni Lynn is a wife, marketer, manager and producer. She studied marketing at Kennesaw State University and used that education to launch a private creative firm by the name of TwentyFour where she acts as executive producer, alongside her husband who acts as creative director. TwentyFour has a roster of individuals an…
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Ep. 4 | Lauryn Nwankpa • Powering Social Impact Across Industries
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Lauryn Nwankpa is the Head of Social Impact at Dave. With a Masters degree in Social Entrepreneurship from USC Marshall and over a decade of experience, she marries Dave’s financial goals with social impact strategies that span public policy, strategic partnerships and industry best practices. Lauryn embeds sustainable, scalable impact practices ac…
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Ep. 3 | Managing Mental Health Amidst the Stigma
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J. Mix (bio as written on the www.jessicamixon.com ) Jessica Mixon is a Creole American performing artist born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Growing up in the Big Easy, Jessica was enriched in the art and culture of the city at a very young age. Unfortunately, at the age of thirteen, Hurricane Katrina damaged her home and destroyed both pia…
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Ep. 2 | Introducing Yolanda F. Johnson, Founder of WOC
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Yolanda F. Johnson (bio as written on the WOC website) With more than two decades of experience in the non-profit sector, Yolanda has successfully led fundraising operations for a wide range of non-profit organizations, launching creative event, sponsorship and marketing initiatives that produced new streams of both contributed and earned income. H…
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Ep. 1 | At Home Surveillance, Office Leadership, with a small Nothing Burger on the Side
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Maggie Bisase is an Executive Assistant that has worked at American Express for the past 31 years. Originally from Kampala, Uganda, she lives and works in Jacksonville, Florida, where she is a notable woman of faith in her local community and a proud grandmother with a capital 'P.' Her team at AmEx made the shift to remote working five years ago, a…
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