Best Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 134: The Importance of Birthing Your Best Work 31:28

2y ago31:28

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As we approach the next change of season, it’s time to start thinking about what we — as Black women healthcare professionals at the forefront of making changes in health equity — have done, have yet to do, what seeds we will be planting, and what we’re not feeling quite ready or able yet to grow to fruition out of unpreparedness, fear, reticence, …

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Episode 133: 4 Key Steps to Building Your Vision Without Burnout (REWIND Episode 70) 23:22

2y ago23:22

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Asking ourselves what we are building rather than what we are doing is the key to shifting our entire frame of reference towards building our vision. That’s why episode 96 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about 4 key steps to building your vision without burnout! In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I’m sharing the importance of a…

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Episode 132: 5 Strategies to Turn Your Passion into Profit (REWIND Episode 70) 48:56

2y ago48:56

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As a black healthcare professional, you have an opportunity to make a real difference in your community and the world. This is the perfect time to get funding to build your own healthcare organization that helps the underserved. You can take control of your future and contribute so much to the lives of others. Be your own boss. Work with full confi…

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Episode 131: Creating Your Life Mission (REWIND Episode 66) 49:01

2y ago49:01

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Going through life without a mission can have serious ramifications on your health and wellbeing. That’s why episode 66 of the Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood Podcast is about creating your life and business mission! In this episode of the Melanin & MedicinePodcast, I’m sharing the importance of crafting your mission and ways you can identify your l…

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Episode 130: Five Power Moves You Should Be Doing at Your Current Job for A Successful Transition (REWIND Episode 52) 41:35

2y ago41:35

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Sometimes it's difficult to shift and approach what we have to leave behind to get to our next level. It's important that you are making sure that you're advocating for where you're supposed to be, whether that be in your current workplace or moving out of that workplace to another or your own healthcare entity and business. There's power in moveme…

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Episode 129: Staying Confident and Motivated in our Careers as Black Women in Medicine (REWIND- Episode 86) 15:07

2y ago15:07

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We find ourselves “doing” so often that we don’t take the time to reflect on how far we’ve come. That’s why this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about reflecting to stay motivated! As Black women, we often limit our dreams, our impact, our wealth & even our legacy by not owning our power & maximizing it. Knowing whether you are fully o…

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Episode 128: Facing Our Fear: Next Steps to Clarify Your Vision and Start Moving Forward! (Rewind Episode 43) 39:21

2y ago39:21

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Life has a way of presenting challenges from all angles, but it’s important not to allow those barriers to redefine the way you view your ability to change what you CAN change. Don’t settle into a rut - continue to look for a way out and find a solution. Your best life still exists. Trusting your vision is paramount to knowing that you can redesign…

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Episode 127: Protecting and Preserving Each Other as Black Women in Healthcare 27:19

2y ago27:19

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As Black women in healthcare, it’s extremely important for us to be observant about where justice is, who is not at the table and what's not being talked about. In this space, that can be very hard to do. And, it’s particularly important to remember that — doing the type of work we do — healthcare workers go through a lot and have a high rate of bu…

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Episode 126: How Dr. Stella Safo was able to Overcome Workplace Trauma to Build a Powerful Movement Creating More Just and Equitable Healthcare Systems 1:05:55

2y ago1:05:55

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Dr. Stella Safo is a Harvard trained board certified HIV primary care physician, and an expert in healthcare delivery modeling. An advocate in the highest sense – who's committed to gender and racial equity – she's a founding member of Equity Now at Mount Sinai where she worked Vote Health and a co-founder of Coalition to Advance Anti-Racism and Me…

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Episode 125: How to Determine When It’s Time to Make a Pivot in Your Healthcare Career 49:07

2y ago49:07

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As health justice centered people in particular, much of the work that we do is quite comfortable. And, it's sometimes difficult to have a clear vision in general for our lives and careers in order to determine what is worth staying for or keeping in our lives opposed to what we should to eliminate, leave and let go to gain personal clarity, career…

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Episode 124: How to Integrate Professional Speaking As a Powerful (and Profitable) Way to Impact the Health of Our Communities 30:35

2+ y ago30:35

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As women of color, we have a unique amount of both professional experience that's been curated and personal connections. The ideas that we come up with in terms of what we think is going to be helpful for the health of our communities are extremely culturally informed. Why aren't these accessible to the larger audience? Why aren't we making sure th…

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Episode 123: How Dr. Dedra Beckles Is Building a Spirituality-Led Practice to Provide Freedom and Safety in Healthcare for Black Communities 1:06:42

2+ y ago1:06:42

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Dr. Dedra Beckles is a family physician who pivoted out of the corporate medicine space after 16 years to create — together with her partner who is a licensed clinical psychologist — a spiritually integrated practice, designed to promote true healing for black communities. They are providing physical health services, behavioral health services, soc…

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Episode 122: How to Transform Our Health Interventions To Address Anti-Black Racism 37:19

2+ y ago37:19

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What allows racial segregation to happen? Why do communities with proximity to whiteness have higher density of health and increased quality of care? And, as physicians serving Black patients, are we doing the work of remaining familiar with the laws and red-lining in government that has created such silos. How do we break down the barriers that ha…

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Episode 121: How to Increase the Visibility of Your Work for Greater Impact on Communities of Color 36:49

2+ y ago36:49

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As women of color, a lot of us are indoctrinated to not make waves; to blend in. We were led to be unsure of how the work we are doing would be received, so we became comfortable with shrinking our visibility. But, many of us want to have an impact and want to have our ideas and solutions in health justice extend and not feel as if we are doing som…

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Episode 120: Examining Your Current Career to Build & Grow A Business that Creates Health Equity 40:45

2+ y ago40:45

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For some of us our workplace is an evolutionary space; a test space to learn what it is we truly desire to truly do. As women of color, many of us have recognized we have to do things differently. We have our jobs, the day-to-day work we do for a clinic, hospital, or organization that earn us a paycheck. But, we’re also out in the community doing h…

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Episode 119: The 4 Key Ingredients for Building Health Equity Work that Can Get Funded 32:06

2+ y ago32:06

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When we think about entrepreneurship, we think bootstrapping. We’re so used to having or using the least amount of resources from our own pockets or paychecks to make things happen. But, think about it… who does that serve? When it comes to entrepreneurship funding and evaluation need to be thought of as a key part of the work you do to build a bus…

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Episode 118: How To Get Unstuck So You Can Get to Your Next Level in Your Health Equity Work 24:37

2+ y ago24:37

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Welcome to Season 2 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast! There are so many times when we feel like we’re being blocked from reaching our goals by our own anxiety or hesitancy. This is a pretty common feeling among BIWOC women in healthcare – especially those in positions of creating opportunities for the underserved in the space of health justice. Th…

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Episode 117: Empowering Underrepresented Women in Medicine to Transform Healthcare: Behind the Movement with Team Melanin & Medicine 42:01

2+ y ago42:01

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Since our inception, Melanin & Medicine has shifted from helping Black women physicians thrive inside of existing healthcare structures to making a decision to help them create new ways of being, new ways of transforming healthcare that don’t need to fit into what has traditionally been presented to them. That’s why episode 117 of the Melanin & Med…

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Episode 116: How to Stop Self-sabotaging Your Income & Impact in Social Entrepreneurship 22:26

2+ y ago22:26

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Self-sabotage often is something we continually overlook as we build, fund, and grow our businesses but is actually one of the most critical things we need to be aware of in this journey. That’s why episode 116 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to overcome self-sabotaging your income & impact in social entrepreneurship! The Stop Waitin…

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Episode 115: How to Build, Fund & Grow Your Idea into A Social Enterprise That Makes Significant Impact & Income 16:39

2+ y ago16:39

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We all have gifts and skills that we have already been utilizing so to go bigger, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel, you just have to use what you have already done. That’s why episode 115 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to build and grow the million-dollar social enterprise that you’re probably sitting on right now. Stop Waiting …

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Episode 114: How to start and succeed in business with Dr. Tammi Green 46:35

2+ y ago46:35

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When making a career pivot, it is important to understand if you are living in your ancestors story or your own. That’s why episode 114 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to start and succeed in business! The Idea to Impact Accelerator On Demand is a one-day intensive workshop that will transform your business idea into an actionable ma…

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Episode 113: Overcoming challenges to growing your mission-driven business w/ Dr. Catherine Woodhouse 49:31

2+ y ago49:31

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As an entrepreneur, you have the freedom to create a space that you not only fit in but are called to build. That’s why episode 113 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about overcoming challenges to growing your business! Make sure to get our Funding Your Healthcare Vision workshop bundle is for women healthcare professionals who want to learn how…

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Episode 112: Transforming into Your 2.0 Self: Profitable & Powerful Entrepreneur with Dr. Muyibat Adelani 47:36

2+ y ago47:36

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As Black women in medicine, there are so many things we do to ourselves that are acting as barriers to our own transformation. The second we stop and listen to the signs we are given and start taking courageous action, we will see a shift in our lives. That’s why episode 112 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about transforming into your 2.0 self…

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Episode 111: Stop Letting Workplaces Limit Your Legacy 21:56

2+ y ago21:56

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When Black women in medicine start to prioritize their dreams and aspirations, they can build wealth, legacy, and find fulfillment in themselves in order to provide it to others. That’s why episode 111 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is encouraging listeners to stop letting workplaces limit their legacy. The Stop Waiting & Start Creating Workshop…

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Episode 110: What you’re missing in your strategy to build and grow your business 25:01

2+ y ago25:01

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Most of us think that once we have the tools and the strategy we can finally get unstuck and start taking action but so often we find out that we are still missing that mindset piece needed to build. That’s why episode 110 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about what you’re missing in your strategy to build and grow your business! Make sure to g…

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Episode 109: Turning Your Expertise into 6-Figure Contracts with Dr. Alana Arnold 42:38

2+ y ago42:38

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As a healthcare provider, it is so valuable to move around and experience how different facilities operate so that you can find the gaps to create a solution for in your own business for better healthcare overall. That’s why episode 109 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about taking your entrepreneurial skills into the entrepreneur space to fill…

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Episode 107: Creating a Business Idea that You Can Get Funded to Build 30:46

2+ y ago30:46

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It is important to create a business based on your own values, but you also must consider that it is not only valuable and meaningful to your initial funders, but to the customers that will keep it going for years to come. That’s why episode 107 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about creating a business idea that you can get funded to build! Th…

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Episode 106: How To Think Beyond Traditional Entrepreneurship Models and Get Funding For Your Health Equity Business 34:57

2+ y ago34:57

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Our entrepreneurial story is often built around this hustle and grow methodology but if you were able to start with 6 figures towards your dream business instead of hustling to get them, think about how much farther you could get. That’s why episode 106 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is part one of our dreams with deadlines series on finding fun…

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Episode 105: Do Something Different to Get Something Different with Dr. Kerry Watson 51:29

2+ y ago51:29

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A lot of the reason businesses fail to grow is that entrepreneurs don’t take the time to slow down and do the self work that is needed to grow. That’s why episode 105 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about doing something different to get something different! The Idea to Impact Accelerator On Demand is a one-day intensive workshop that will tra…

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Episode 104: Operating in Your True Self with Dr. Margaret Towolawi 46:12

2+ y ago46:12

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Whether you have to look closely or dodge getting hit in the head by a sign, you are surrounded by all the signs you need to leap into making the changes in your life that will take you on a new path towards success. That’s why episode 104 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about operating in your true self! The Idea to Impact Accelerator On Dema…

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Episode 103: Learning What You Want & Taking Action with Dr. Rachel Miller 37:59

2+ y ago37:59

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Too many of us are not owning our power and missing out on amazing opportunities. When you finally realize what you are supposed to do, there is this place before taking action where you have to truly feel empowered to take that next step. That’s why episode 103 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about learning what you have and taking action! Th…

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Episode 102: Coaching Client Chat: How Dr. Michelle Flemmings secured 3 coaching clients in less than 30 days after starting her business 45:16

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You have to allow space and time in your life to move forward toward the impact you want to achieve. That’s why episode 102 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is sharing how Dr. Michelle Flemmings was able to secure three coaching clients in less than 30 days of starting her business! The Idea to Impact Accelerator is a one-day intensive workshop th…

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Episode 101: Lessons I've Learned on How To Build an Award-Winning Practice as a Black Woman Physician 30:38

2+ y ago30:38

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When it comes to branching out and starting a practice of your own, it is important to realize that you do not have to do things the way in which they have always been done. That’s why episode 101 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about the lessons I’ve learned on how to build an award-winning practice as a black woman physician! The Idea to Imp…

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Episode 100: How To Own Your Power 26:58

2+ y ago26:58

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Many of us are hoping, waiting, and wishing for the doors to open for us when we really should be creating our own opportunities and busting down the doors ourselves. That’s why episode 100 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to own your power! By the way, don't forget to apply to Passion to Profit, our 12-week business incubator with in…

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Episode 99: Overcoming the biggest barriers to building and growing our businesses as black women 20:54

2+ y ago20:54

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The issue does not lie in knowing what we want to do and knowing what to do in order to get there, the problem lies with believing in ourselves that we can do it. That’s why episode 99 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about overcoming the biggest barriers to building and growing our business as black women! By the way, don't forget to apply to …

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Episode 98: Sudden Career Transitions with Dr. Kiarra King 37:10

3y ago37:10

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We don’t always get to choose when we shift careers and that’s exactly what happened to Dr. Kiarra King. This week, episode 98 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about sudden career transitions and how that can lead us to our truest purpose if we trust the process! By the way, don't forget to apply to Passion to Profit, our 12-week business incub…

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Episode 97: Power Moves for Black Women Docs To Scale & Succeed in Entrepreneurship 31:41

3y ago31:41

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As black women, there is so much expected of us that we often burn out before we even have the opportunity to succeed to our highest potential. That’s why episode 97 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about power moves for black women doctors to scale and succeed in entrepreneurship! By the way, don't forget to apply to Passion to Profit, our 12-…

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Episode 96: 4 Key Steps to Building Your Vision Without Burnout 23:23

3y ago23:23

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Asking ourselves what we are building rather than what we are doing is the key to shifting our entire frame of reference towards building our vision. That’s why episode 96 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about 4 key steps to building your vision without burnout! By the way, don't forget to apply to Passion to Profit ,our 12 week business incub…

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Episode 95: The Biggest Mindset Shift That Is Helping Me Find Purpose, Profit & Peace By My 40th Birthday 20:11

3y ago20:11

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When we run away from change, it is usually because we are scared of losing our legacy but in reality, this only limits us from our legacy. That’s why episode 95 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about the biggest mindset shift that is helping me find purpose, profit & peace by my 40th birthday! Purpose Plan Profit Accelerator(On-Demand Access w…

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Purpose to Profit #7: How to Move Into Your Next Level for Success 42:37

3y ago42:37

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Oftentimes we work so hard to get to where we are going and once we get there, it doesn’t fulfill us as much as it once did. We can take this as a sign not of defeat, but as a sign that it is time to pivot into the next level. That’s why episode 7 of the Purpose 2 Profit series of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to move into your next l…

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Purpose to Profit #6: The 3 Actionable Steps for Living Out Your Purpose 51:47

3y ago51:47

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We have done the work to understand what we want to do and the exact steps we need to take to get us there. Now, we have to believe in ourselves enough to get it done. That’s why episode 6 of the Purpose 2 Profit Series of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast brings us back to episode 77 and talks about getting us from the point of dreaming to actually d…

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Purpose to Profit #5: Five Strategies to Turn Your Passion into Profit 56:00

3y ago56:00

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Clarity around your passion is important because you stay for the long-run. It isn’t something you’ll just let go of. That’s why episode 5 of the Purpose to Profit series of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about taking your passion and turning it into a profit! In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I’m sharing the importance of findi…

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Purpose to Profit #4: The 5 Lessons I Learned from My Money Myths That Have Transformed My Life 36:50

3y ago36:50

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Saying that making money is too hard is a cop out that is keeping us from our full potential. That’s why episode 4 in the Purpose to Profit series of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about the 5 lessons I learned from money myths that helped to transform my life! One of the most important ways we can really move into our purpose, is fully realizin…

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Purpose to Profit Series #3: Owning your Power and Trusting Yourself as a Black Woman (Re-Release) 21:46

3y ago21:46

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Staying comfortable is costing us as Black women. So this re-release is about owning your power and trusting yourself as a Black woman! One of the most important ways we can really move into our purpose, is fully realizing how we can make it profitable. On August 14th, we will be hosting our Purpose-Plan-Profit Accelerator, to help Black women phys…

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Purpose to Profit Series #2- Navigating Racism As Black Women Physicians (Re-Release) 1:04:57

3y ago1:04:57

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Black women go through so many trials and tribulations and in turn, make themselves smaller in order to hide from a society that continues to devalue us. That’s why episode 2 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast Success Series is about navigating racism as black women physicians! Take our FREE QUIZ, "Are you owning your power or limiting it?". As Blac…

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Purpose To Profit Series #1- Unleashing Our Power Through Authenticity (Re-release) 23:25

3y ago23:25

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As black women we are often told to suppress the traits that make us who we are in order to make those around us feel comfortable. That’s why episode 88 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about unleashing our power through authenticity! Take our FREE QUIZ, "Are you owning your power or limiting it?". As Black women, we often limit our dreams, our…

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Episode 87: Making Your Passion a Priority with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown, MPOWERED Client 36:43

3y ago36:43

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We often don’t blink an eye when it comes to doing something for others, but it is so important that we start to value investing in ourselves. That’s why episode 87 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about making your passion a priority! Take our FREE QUIZ, "Are you owning your power or limiting it?". As Black women, we often limit our dreams, ou…

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Episode 86: Staying Confident and Motivated in our Careers as Black Women in Medicine 13:05

3y ago13:05

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We find ourselves “doing” so often that we don’t take the time to reflect on how far we’ve come. That’s why episode 86 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about reflecting to stay motivated! Take our FREE QUIZ, "Are you owning your power or limiting it?". As Black women, we often limit our dreams, our impact, our wealth & even our legacy by not ow…

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Episode 85: Tools and Resources for Taking Action 26:52

3y ago26:52

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We are so programmed to get stuck into a cycle of constantly learning new things that we are unable to take action on the knowledge we’ve gained. That’s why episode 85 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about the tools and resources you need to finally take action! Our new online course, Own Your Power Bootcamp, is finally out! As Black women, we…

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Episode 84: How Black Women Can Recognize When It's Time To Pivot In Your Profession with Dr. Maiysha Clairborne MD 30:32

3y ago30:32

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We go into medicine thinking that it is our purpose in life, but sometimes our purpose shifts and evolves over time. That’s why episode 84 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast with Dr. Maiysha Clairborne is about how black women can recognize when it is time to pivot in their profession! Take our FREE QUIZ, "Are you owning your power or limiting it?".…

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