"The secret sauce is knowing who you are" with Genesis Amaris Kemp (Life Coach, Speaker and Podcast Founder)

More Than Work

This week’s guest is Genesis Amaris Kemp. She’s a visionary life coach, motivational speaker and podcast founder.

Genesis started out working in hospitals and intended to go to medical school. But, she ended up spending over a decade in the oil and gas industry. Her first role was as an imaging clerk (scanning papers all day!). Through curiosity, networking and learning, Genesis ended up in project and program management. In fact, she did it again when she went to work for a Fortune 500 company showing what real grit and humility is needed to start anew.

In late 2020, Genesis lost her job just one week following her father’s death. She took the opportunity to self-reflect and ultimately realized what her gifts are and how she could monetise them. In doing so she became an entrepreneur.

In May 2020, Genesis’ book, “Chocolate Drop in Corporate America: From the Pit to the Palace” was published. You’ll hear about the inspirational read about overcoming systemic racism in the workplace and climbing the corporate ladder.

Genesis also hosts the GEMS podcast. Episodes are a mis of solo episodes and coffee chat style conversations with guests to educate, inspire, and motivate listeners. DEIB is also a theme of the show.

Get to know Genesis in this episode!

Note from Rabiah (Host):

Genesis and I chatted a while ago but due to some theme months and a backlog, I did not get this one edited until now. When it is a while between a chat and an edit, I feel like I’m experiencing the conversation again for the first time and this was the right time to hear her story again. We dig into going through job and life changes and also chat about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. I hope you’ll enjoy and learn from this one.

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Find Genesis

Website: https://beacons.ai/genesisamariskemp

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GenesisAKemp

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesisamariskemp/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesisamaris.kemp.3/

Chocolate Drop in Corporate America: From the Pit to the Palace: https://amzn.to/3LKZq51

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Unexpected Journey: Fire and Gold by Dedrick Moone: https://amzn.to/3FcqtUh

Calendly: calendly.com/

Tiffany Haddish: https://twitter.com/TiffanyHaddish

Melissa McCarthy: https://twitter.com/melissamccarthy

Rabiah’s appearance on GEMS Podcast: pod.link/1562876878/episode/

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