Peeling Back The Layers Of Your Life®

Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Host Loronda C. Giddens is interviewed by Ashlee Braxton for the 100th episode. Loronda finds out what it feels like to be on the other side of the mic. Ashlee appeared as a guest on Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® podcast, Black Women Living Abroad Series. She is also the host of The Happy Choice podcast and Founder of Quantum Leap Consulting. PODCAST MILESTONES -Inaugural episode debuted January 17, 2019 -100 Episodes -Listenership in 73 countries -50 international guests representing 36 countries -Listeners and guests from 6 continents -Internationally syndicated show Loronda C. Giddens is an Army veteran who worked as a corporate professional for over a decade before transitioning to state government.  She is a national conference speaker and certified instructor who educates on wellness in the workplace, youth empowerment women's empowerment, and personal development.  She holds a Masters degree in Forensic Psychology and is Founder and CEO of EnerPeac

ALL THE WAY FROM PERU!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Liz Jones a certified yoga teacher, sound healer and spiritual mentor. She's passionate about all things travel and spirituality for people of color. She feels that travel is a tool to reconnect with our lineages, reclaim our traditions, activate our joy, expand our consciousness, and expand as humans.    Liz  worked at Uber as a Learning and Development Specialist for 5 years. In Dec of 2019 she was breaking up with a woman she was dating, feeling unfulfilled, anxious, and depressed. Liz quit her job and backpacked through Southeast Asia which was the spark of her spiritual awakening. Her awakening led her to yoga, sound, meditation, understanding the chakras, and energy work.    Now she hosts healing retreats around the world.  Liz teaches people of color how to activate joy, play, pleasure and their vision.   www.instagram.com/bylizjones       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loron

ALL THE WAY FROM MEXICO!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Amber C. Edwards is a systems builder and integrator who created 30 Day Blaxit, a personal coaching program that teaches Black women how to efficiently experience overseas life - for a month, for a year, or forever. Not only does she work with her clients to create their blaxit plan, but she's also there for the first month in their new country.    www.30dayblaxit.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens  www.lorondacgiddens.com

ALL THE WAY FROM HONG KONG!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Angel Olausson is originally from Los Angeles but with the world as her playing field. She is a banking professional working within technology in the financial services sector in Hong Kong for over 14 years.  She is passionate about the intersection of technology and finance.  In her current role at a major financial institution, she develops and executes strategic initiatives set by global and regional leadership teams. She is equally passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) and has worked extensively with these opportunities for progress throughout her career. Apart from DE&I and her work in finance and technology, Angel is married to a Swede in Hong Kong and they have a three year old boy they adopted in early 2021.  The family lives in the middle of Hong Kong island with their two dogs.    Connect with Angel on Facebook and LinkedIn:  Angel Olausson       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® P

ALL THE WAY FROM LEBANON!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Malikah Kelly is a serial expat, frequent traveler and content creator. She was born in New York and has traveled to over 20 countries. Malikah first moved abroad to Italy, and is currently living in Beirut, Lebanon. You can find her on Instagram and YouTube at Where is Malikah to learn more about how to make travel part of your lifestyle and plan for your move abroad.    www.youtube.com/c/whereismalikah   www.instagram.com/whereismalikah       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens  www.lorondacgiddens.com

ALL THE WAY FROM SPAIN!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Lori L. Tharps is an award-winning author, freelance journalist and podcast host. She is a recognized voice in the areas of race, identity politics and African American culture.  The author of three critically acclaimed nonfiction books, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America (St. Martin’s Press) Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain (Atria) and Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America’s Diverse Families (Beacon), Tharps uses her words to ignite social change.  A newly arrived expat in the south of Spain, Lori is turning her activism and community building skills to the menopause space. In September 2021, she launched My Bloody Hell, an online platform that houses a podcast and inclusive membership community for women on their menopause journey.  www.loriltharps.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens  www.lorondacgiddens.

ALL THE WAY FROM ICELAND!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Jewells Chambers is a native New Yorker who fell in love with an Icelander and eventually moved to the country in 2016.  Iceland quickly captured her heart.  Her fascination with learning about the rich culture, history, language, and nature led to her starting All Things Iceland - an award-winning podcast and YouTube channel. Showcasing life as an expat who is learning the Icelandic language and providing travelers with insight on what to see and do certainly keeps her life interesting and exciting. www.allthingsiceland.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens  www.lorondacgiddens.com    

ALL THE WAY FROM GERMANY!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Lisa Vanterpool's PR background means she’s licensed to take people out and chat them up over drinks; her time in London means she can do it in a British accent. She got started in PR in New York working with authors and book publishers at InkWell Management.  After almost two years she had built the PR department from the ground up and secured press for clients in publications such as Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, CNN, New York Magazine, Refinery29 and many others. Additionally, she became instrumental in organizing Lena Dunham’s NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL European book tour, securing and working with foreign press. Lisa has ambidextrous skills as account manager and publicist and thrives on the research and creative thinking it takes to create opportunities that speak to women; millennial and otherwise. She’s got Southern roots and transatlantic tendencies after spending close to two years in London,

ALL THE WAY FROM SPAIN!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Ashlee Braxton began her passion for coaching after spending 10 years working in various industries.  She started her journey in the music industry evolving into talent and tour managing. After moving to Paris, she transitioned into a communications role in education and leading company culture with supporting leadership in the fintech and blockchain sector. After 5 years in Paris, she now pursues entrepreneurship in Barcelona with her own coaching company, Quantum Leap Coaching, catering to company and career coaching. She is the host of her own podcast: The Happy Choice, and mentor. She is dedicated to helping humans find their complete personal happiness. www.ashleebraxton.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens    www.lorondacgiddens.com 

ALL THE WAY FROM GHANA!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Dagny Zenovia is a digital creator based in Accra, Ghana. She produces lifestyle content showcasing short stories and fashion, documenting her journey as a Diasporan living and working in Ghana, and discussing topics ranging from holistic lifestyle to cultural identity. Dagny is also the founder of Bandele Muse, an inner-galactic African life and style experience featuring exquisite style, magical stories, and a wholesome community. She geeks out on Afrofuturism books, gadgets for media production, and Korean dramas.  www.dagnyzenovia.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens    www.lorondacgiddens.com   

ALL THE WAY FROM ALBANIA!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Karen M. Ricks is a Christian wife, Worldschooling mom, and a nomadic chef. Teaching for 25 years, she has been a Montessorian since her own preschool days. She holds Montessori teaching certifications for guiding children from infancy through elementary. She has cooked professionally, in restaurants, commercial kitchens, and private homes on four different continents over the last decade.    After 10 years of teaching in central Japan, where Karen founded and operated her own international Montessori school, she sold it all to begin a nomadic life of full-time travel with her family. They've spent the last 5 years living in a dozen different countries on 4 continents, and in more than half a dozen different community languages.   Karen spreads her message of embracing a Slow Food Lifestyle, a lifelong love of learning, and education for peace by teaching people of all ages how to cook for themselves and why they need to shar

ALL THE WAY FROM GERMANY!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Dynamic with a global view, Ntokozo Ncogwane is gifted with a sharp mind and an innate ability to connect with others. She is the  partner marketing manager in a global organization, where her responsibilities include  developing strategy, managing co-marketing campaigns, maximizing brand equity and creative to deliver business and customer value. She  thrives on her role as a mother, which she credits to helping her manage challenges, particularly those that expand the company’s reach & deliver business results. Equal is her passion for African art and culture, which she shares through African brands on Lalelani. WEBSITE:  lalelani.de       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens

ALL THE WAY FROM NORWAY!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Rometris Davis-Wright is an Inspirer, Speaker, Author and Mentor with over 20 years of experience and extensive study in personal self-development and healing with a strong background in leadership. Her passion also includes public speaking engagements that encourages living an inspired life of authenticity, empowerment and confidence. Rometris has helped inspire and transform the lives of thousands of clients internationally, from many different walks of life and backgrounds through her speaking events, private sessions and courses both online and in-person. In Rometris's work she uses her innate leadership qualities and empathy to provide clarity, guidance, support, motivation or whatever is required to create lifelong tools that best assists you in your life. As a teacher herself, she believes we must always be willing to learn as students in order to increase our ability and capacity to guide others. As an author, writin

ALL THE WAY FROM SWITZERLAND!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad   Najoh Tita-Reid is the Global Chief Marketing Officer for Logitech, where her responsibilities include worldwide marketing, brand equity, creative, branded and DTC ecommerce sites, and marketing transformation. Tita-Reid was inspired to join the technology industry in order to directly contribute to the meaningful advances the industry can make in improving lives. Prior to joining Logitech in 2020, Tita-Reid was Global Chief Marketing Officer and Member of the Executive Board at Hero AG, where she built the company's first truly global innovation pipeline, removing silos to foster cooperation across 11 global and regional food brands, while leading significant growth across key markets. Earlier, Tita-Reid held diverse general management, marketing and product development roles with some of the world's largest pharmaceutical, health care and consumer product companies, including Bayer, Merck and Procter & Gamble. A

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE SITTER!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad At age 41, Stephanie Perry quit her job as a hospital pharmacy technician to travel the world for a year on her savings. She visited 12 countries in 12 months all on just $1200 per month. Now she's a year-round house sitter and pet sitter who helps Black women take a career break to travel on a budget by house sitting on her website Vaycarious.com.    Get your House Sitter Toolkit to travel more and spend less. housesit.vaycarious.com/toolkit Social Media: YouTube:       youtube.com/stephanieperry Instagram:     instagram.com/vaycarious Twitter:          twitter.com/vaycarious Facebook:     facebook.com/vaycarious   Exodus Summit: exodussummit.com House Sitter School:      housesit.vaycarious.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Giddens www.lorondacgiddens.com 

ALL THE WAY FROM CHINA!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series #blackwomenlivingabroad Kisha Hugh-Abban is a first-generation American born to Jamaican parents and is a product of the New York City Public School System. Kisha has a deep passion for school counseling and enjoys helping students navigate through the college application process. A firm supporter of Historical Black Colleges and Universities, she credits the NBC hit series “A Different World” and Spike Lee’s “School Daze” for shaping her college experience. She is a graduate of the College of New Rochelle, where she earned a BA in social science and an MS in Guidance and Counseling. Kisha also received an M.Ed in Secondary Education/Social Science from Alabama A&M University. She can currently be booked for social/emotional counseling, college and career advising, conferences, webinars, and training for schools and other organizations.  Kisha works with clients in person and virtually in New York, China, Nigeria, and Ghana.  www.successwithpathwa

ALL THE WAY FROM TAIWAN!!! Black Women Living Abroad Series  #blackwomenlivingabroad Vegan enthusiast Juanita Ingram is an American licensed attorney, filmmaker, author, and actress currently living in Taipei, Taiwan, and formerly residing in London She is a wife, mother of two, and is the Founder and CEO of Purpose Productions Inc., a 501(c)3 women-led production company. Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Tennessee State University and her MBA and Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Memphis. She is also the founder of Dress for Success Greater London and Dress for Success Chattanooga. Juanita grew up performing in local theater productions and has several IMBD credits as an actress, and Indie film director, writer, and producer in the US, UK, and Hungary. In 2019 she launched PURPOSE Productions as President & Founder producing two award-winning short films, BXAUTIFUL NIGHTMARX and TABLXS and received numerous film festival awards. She

ALL THE WAY FROM MALAYSIA!!! Natasha Shazana Evans is co-founder of Soko, a female empowered bra brand based in Malaysia. Soko prioritizes comfort, represents everyday women and makes bra shopping fun.   Natasha is a first-time founder that left her corporate role in New York City behind to pursue the entrepreneurship route because she strongly believes that bra shopping demands a new standard – one that aligns to the values of women today, feels relatable, and brings joy to an otherwise frustrating experience.    Natasha is also passionate about supporting local brands and startups, sharing stories through her IGTV series of founder interviews called satu-on-satu. Prior to founding Soko, Natasha was a private equity principal at Morgan Stanley. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from Northeastern University.    www.wearsoko.com       Peeling Back the Layers of Your Life® Podcast Creator, Host, and Producer:  Loronda C. Gi

ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA!!! Zehra Mahoon is a master mindset and law of attraction coach and manifesting expert. She is the author of twelve books on these subjects and the creator of the Unlimited 40 day law of attraction workout and the Unlimited 365 Mastermind. After committing to completely transforming her self-worth in 2006, she went from being massively in debt to owning multiple properties and creating a thriving business, as well as healing her relationships.    Zehra’s books are based on a visual, diagrammatic approach to law of attraction.  She breaks down complicated concepts into small bite size pieces linked to analogies that make them easy to remember and apply.  Zehra’s courses and programs helps individuals to identify the blockages that are keeping them from achieving success.  She helps them to change their self-talk and develop new thinking habits that open up a world of new possibilities.   Zehra believes that all things are possible, and that you can start from where you are and create a

Tayo Rockson is a writer, speaker, consultant, podcaster, professor, co-founder and brand strategist at UYD Management - a strategic consulting firm that empowers organizations to incorporate sustainable diversity and inclusion practices.   As the son of a diplomat, Tayo grew up understanding  the nuances of multicultural diversity while living on four continents. He leveraged his experiences to establish himself as an authority in communicating effectively across cultures and personal branding.   He graced various stages to share his knowledge including TEDx, the prestigious Chautauqua Institution, and the United Nations. Tayo is the host of As Told by Nomads, a podcast ranked in the top 5 tier of the Top 25 Business Podcasts for Entrepreneurs on Entrepreneur.com. He’s the author of Use Your Difference To Make A Difference, and in 2020, he launched the national anti-racism campaign called #LetsTalkBias.   In 2021, Tayo was named in Remote Weekly’s list of The 100 Most Influential Remote Experts and starred