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Forget the cookie-cutter approach - these entrepreneurs prove success comes from embracing what makes you different.
In the final episode of our five part 2024 PWR Impact Awards Winner Series, you'll hear from three incredible women who are proving that there’s no one way to build a successful business:
🎪 Kate Laviolette (Empowerment Award Winner) – A yoga therapist, energy worker, aerial coach and circus artist who helps people break through physical and mental limitations, turning movement into empowerment.
📖 Nmasichi Chukwemeka (Rising Star Award Winner) – Founder of Tribesand History, an African storytelling platform, Nmasichi is on a mission to preserve and share authentic African narratives through games, books, and media.
🐝 Jenn Grubb (Connector Award Winner) – Creator of The Buzzy B, a go-to parenting resource, Jenn connects families with the information, support, and local events they need to navigate parenting with confidence.
Despite their different industries, these women have each built businesses rooted in impact, empowerment, and community.
You'll Hear:
✅ How to turn your personal story into a powerful business mission
✅ The importance of human connection in an increasingly digital world
✅ How to overcome doubt and take bold action, even in the early stages
Success isn’t about following a formula—it’s about embracing what makes you different and using it to create impact. Listen now for insights and actionable strategies from these inspiring entrepreneurs.
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and finally, I mean in fulltransparency.
It's because I have an amazingVA this year and I'm like, hey,
you know it'd be really fun, andevery time I have a great idea,
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she like actually makes ithappen.
So, uh, shout out to Meredith.
But we got to do the awards.
We had some really amazingpeople nominated for awards.
Um, everybody was nominated bytheir peers.
Anyone could nominate anyonethey wanted to, and then we had
a panel of some really awesomefemale entrepreneurs who judged
the entries and decided on thewinners.
(00:47):
So congratulations to all threeof you.
We're going to talk a littlebit about your individual awards
in a second, but first go aheadand just introduce yourself to
everybody.
Tell our listeners who you areand what you do, and we'll start
with you, Kate.
Kate Laviolette (01:02):
Hi, I'm Kate
LaVia Lenz.
I own Live Beyond Limit, whichis a yoga, aerial and wellness
studio in Fort Collins, Colorado.
We do local and internationalcommunity trips and retreats and
workshops, as well as classesand private support, and I am a
(01:23):
yoga therapist and an aerialcoach and so, beyond running the
business, I like to have apretty hands-on approach with
our clients and and really seethe power of movement, see the
power of connections, see thepower of community each day.
So thank you for having me, Ireally appreciate you having us
and supporting the awards.
Melissa Snow (01:44):
So yeah, we're
excited to talk to you.
How long have you been inbusiness, Kate?
Kate Laviolette (01:50):
This studio has
been open for 10 years.
I've been in business formyself for about 12 of those
years and it's just been a niceevolution ever since I started
small and recently moved into areally larger, better for circus
space and better for likecommunity events, and so it's
(02:12):
been pretty fun to see how mucha space can change the approach
and empowerment as well.
Melissa Snow (02:20):
so, yeah, I love
the evolution of everything.
It's super cool, it's so coolif you could go back to you 12
years ago and be like, hey, lookat what you're doing now, would
you believe deal?
Kate Laviolette (02:31):
Oh yeah yeah,
my cheerleader, which is pretty
helpful.
You know, the name of thebusiness is Live Beyond Limit,
so every time I I've had a doubt, it's just coming back to that
and going for what I believe inand what I'm supposed to do, and
so I'm doing it.
I love that Good for you.
Melissa Snow (02:52):
Masichi we're
going to go to you next.
Tell us about you.
Nmasichi Chukwuemeka (02:55):
Hi
everyone, my name is Masichi and
I am the founder of Tribes inHistory, which is an African
storytelling platform whereAfrican stories are told through
different media formats, sothis can be through games,
through quizzes, throughpictorial books.
I am also the founder ofMassive Brands, which is a
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branding platform for speakers,authors and coaches, so we help
them with their brands.
So that's what I do, and I am afull-time entrepreneur.
Melissa Snow (03:29):
Love it.
And how long have you been anentrepreneur?
Nmasichi Chukwuemeka (03:33):
Interested
.
I started my business, so Istarted Tribes in History August
of last year, and that was howI got the Rising Star Award,
because it's supposed to be forwomen who have been in business
for less than a year.
And I started Massive Brands atPearl May last year also.
Okay so pretty new.
Melissa Snow (03:53):
Yes, that's
awesome.
Good for you.
I'm excited to talk to you more.
Jenn Grubb (03:58):
Jen, tell everybody
a little bit about you.
My name is Jen and I am thefounder and owner of the Buzzy
Bee and basically the Buzzy Beeis everything that you need or
want to make parenting easierand more fun.
Melissa Snow (04:16):
That is amazing.
How long has the Buzzy Beeexisted?
Jenn Grubb (04:19):
The Buzzy Bee itself
has only been up and running
for six months, but I've beendoing it for over seven years.
I just rebranded and so I couldhave less stipulations and
rules and I could reach out tomore of the community that I
wanted to and do more thingswith some nonprofits that I
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wasn't able to and hadrestrictions when I was under a
corporation.
So Okay, that's awesome.
Melissa Snow (04:46):
So what kinds of
services does your business
provide?
Jenn Grubb (04:51):
So on my webpage I
have like guides like where to
camp, where to fish, where tohike with kids.
I have like the best sleddinghills.
I have, um, anything andeverything for the holidays,
like where's Santa, where's thepumpkin patches, where's the
Easter bunny going to be.
I have all of those.
And then I have articles likeparenting tips, like what to do
when your kids just fight allthe time, or postpartum ideas,
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or I have breastfeeding andlactation ideas.
I have crafts, tons of craftsfor the kids, and then I have a
calendar of events that hasbetween five and 50 events every
single day going on around thelocal market.
Right now, my main focus isColorado Springs.
It's basically from Larkspurdown to Pueblo, but eventually
(05:40):
we will take this nationally.
Melissa Snow (05:44):
That's awesome.
I'm already thinking of, likeall kinds of people that I want
to send your way and people Iwant to connect with each of you
, which is awesome.
Okay, so let's talk about yourindividual awards.
So, kate, you were the winnerof the Empowerment Award, and
that award was created to honorsomeone who uplifts and empowers
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other women, who createsopportunities for other women to
grow and succeed and thrive.
So, obviously, we heard, I reada little bit about you in the
multiple submissions that youreceived, the multiple
nominations that you received,but tell us a little bit about
how this empowerment piece playsinto your business and what you
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do in your work that helpsother women grow and succeed.
Kate Laviolette (06:34):
Yeah Well,
empowerment is the center of
what we do, what I do with LiveBeyond Limit.
I started the studio because Iam a hyper mobile individual.
I kind of was on the boundariesof traditional medical care and
it was alternative therapiesthat were really connected.
(06:57):
The dots gave me theinformation, got me the support
teams that I needed to heal.
And I find that that's kind ofthe case with a lot of people.
We intellectualize so much inour lives, we have such busy
lives and are on the go all thetime and we forget to feel and
connect our thinking with ourfeeling and remembering, like,
(07:21):
quite how vast and limitless weare in mind and body and how
capable we are, with the rightcommunity and the right team
behind you and someone whobelieves in you.
And I think it took me.
I think my mom was really avery pivotal person for me
because I was doing a collegeessay to talk about how I've
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overcome obstacles you know thetraditional college essay and
she really asked me about theway I describe things and asked
me how to, if I really believedthat perspective.
And for the first time it waskind of this time where I was
like whoa, I am the author of mystory, I really can change the
(08:08):
perspective, change the lens,change the tone, and our words
have so much meaning.
So, with Beyond the Mint wasborn, I wanted a place where
people could be treated likepeople.
I have worked at some corporategyms and facilities before and
really didn't like that.
Things were about quotas andshowing up because you had to do
(08:30):
a job rather than show upbecause you cared about what you
were doing and you reallywanted to connect with people in
their capacity.
I think the world's going to bea better place when we're a
part of a community and when webelieve in ourselves.
Um.
So that's why I started what Ido and in every session, you
know it's really listening tothe language, seeing how people
(08:52):
are moving, where they'restoring things Um and what, what
those things are serving themUm, cause we all have stuff
we're not ready to go throughall of our stuff and they all
serve purposes for our birth andlife.
Um.
So you know, it's really for meum bringing that empowerment to
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accept our journey and toappreciate where we are and what
our capacity is and how we cangrow and move at our own
individual paces with acommunity that actually
appreciates us.
So it meant a lot to get thisaward because of what I truly,
truly care about and I thinkeverybody deserves to be
(09:37):
empowered and seen.
So thank you, thank youAbsolutely.
Melissa Snow (09:42):
Yeah.
I think that community piece isvery important to being able to
create a space where women feelaccepted, they feel, um,
empowered, they feel safe, right, especially with the kinds of
things that you do with you knowany, I think.
Anything that involves movingyour body, maybe in a way that
you haven't moved your bodypreviously um, it's easy to get
caught up in like, oh, Icouldn't do that because my body
(10:03):
looks like this, or my bodyweighs this amount, or my body
is like this, and so for you tobe able to create that space
where everybody is welcome andeverybody is capable of getting
the results and doing the workand having fun and all of the
things, I think is awesome.
(10:23):
Masichi, I want to go to younext, because I think that your
business also is very connectedto your own personal journey,
and you were the winner of theRising Star Award, and that
award was created, as youmentioned, for someone who's
only been in business for ashort time but is already making
a big impact, who is showing alot of drive, a lot of skill and
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a lot of potential that peopleare noticing.
And you were nominated by many,many people.
I think you had morenominations than anyone in this
award, yeah, and you and I don'teven have like the same circles
.
It wasn't even like we know allthe same friends.
So congratulations on that.
You're obviously doing somereally amazing things in the
(11:08):
world.
Tell us a little bit about whatthis award means to you and how
you, how you have that kind ofdrive, that kind of motivation
Like what, what keeps you going?
In this first year that can bepretty hard.
Nmasichi Chukwuemeka (11:23):
Yeah, so
for tribes in history, this is
the thing.
Growing up, I I'm ethnicallyNigerian, so I grew up in
Nigeria and growing up I lovedreading comics.
I read a lot of comics, Iwatched a lot of animations.
I was very creative.
I was very creative childgrowing up, so anything that had
to do with like drawings andstuff like that, that was me and
(11:46):
I realized that most of thebooks, most of the comics I read
, I really love actually comicsand I read a lot of um
babysitters club and umgoosebumps and all of that.
And I realized a lot of themdidn't really have it, didn't
really have like blackcharacters.
I didn't really see arepresentation of them, didn't
really have it, didn't reallyhave like Black characters.
I didn't really see arepresentation of me there.
(12:07):
And this was me noticing thiswhen I was 10, 11.
I wasn't even grown, I wasstill a child, and it left an
impact on me and I remember oneof the things I was reading this
comic one time and I was justlike I want to make something
for someone like me and that wasliterally how Tribes and
History was born.
This was when I was, like Isaid, 10, 11 and moved to the US
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as a teenager and I mean, thedrive was still there, but I
didn't really know anythingabout starting a business, I
didn't know what to do anythinglike that Went to school, did
college and did a corporate fortwo and a half years and I was
like this is not for me, this isnot my calling.
(12:50):
So I actually quit my job andwent into the business full time
and the drive it just comesfrom wanting people to know more
about Africa aside from whatyou were shown in the media.
There is a lot.
There's a lot of stories thatAfrica has, for instance, the
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Dahomey Amazons, which ViolaDavis she did a movie on that.
That is a story that should betold.
The sources of Black Panther,wakanda Forever, has shown us
that we want to hear.
People actually want to hearpositive stories about where I'm
from.
So it's something that drivesme.
(13:32):
I am literally working at 3am,not because I have to, but
because I am so passionate aboutwhat I do and I want people to
know about it.
So you talked about mereceiving a lot of votes.
What happened was I literallyjust posted on LinkedIn.
I was like guys, vote for me.
And ever since last year onLinkedIn, I've been posting like
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every day, so I've kind of beenbuilding a tribe there and
people are aware of what I do intribeses and History and it
resonates so much with them.
And then they've also, like,joined our Slack private
community.
So it's just something.
Just building Tribes andHistory is something that
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empowers me so much, like it'sjust something that I wake up
every day and I'm like what isis the next thing, what are we
doing next?
How are we pushing this next?
And you know the making wavesthat you talked about I'm also
looking for, I'm always lookingfor opportunities in business.
I'm always like applying toaccelerator programs, I'm always
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applying to grants, I'm alwaysapplying to different things.
So I think my community seesthat, I think they see that
drive and I think that was whatpropelled them to also vote.
When you know, I requestedbecause I saw it and I was like,
hey, guys, please vote for me.
And I didn't even know thepeople that voted.
Honestly, I was just likeplease vote for me.
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And they did.
And winning this award it meansso much to me because I know I
put in.
I work very hard in my business.
Ever since I started thisbusiness, I've been working like
very hard and also very smart.
So winning this it just it mademe realize that, okay, people
are actually seeing this.
I'm not just out there, youknow, I guess, throwing
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spaghettis on the wall orsomething.
So, yeah, this award means alot to me.
Melissa Snow (15:25):
Yeah, people are
definitely noticing and I think
there's also something to besaid for having a real purpose
driven business right.
This isn't just like, oh, I'mgoing to sell this thing because
I can sell a million of themand be rich and go out on my jet
.
Like there's a.
There's a real purpose, asocial purpose behind it and
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people love to get behind thattoo.
And one of my favorite thingsabout talking to entrepreneurs I
kept looking at Kate, becauseevery time your smile got bigger
, kate's smile got bigger andit's like I could sit here and
talk to you about like theweather and what you had for
lunch and all the things and youwould be nice and kind and we
would have a fine conversation.
But as soon as I start talkingto you about tribes in history,
(16:07):
just like your whole face lightsup.
It's like a whole other personand I just love.
I love that about entrepreneurs,because so many of us we didn't
get into what we got into,because we were like, oh, I
really want to do my ownbookkeeping and I really want to
do my own social mediamanagement.
Like that wasn't what we signedup for.
(16:27):
We got into it because thething that we do lights us up
and we feel so passionate aboutit.
And I'm sure you know, if wecould see Kate on the aerials,
we would see the same thing.
Or you know teaching yoga andthings like that, so that's
really awesome.
So thing.
Or you know teaching yoga andthings like that, so that's
really awesome.
So, congratulations to you aswell on that award.
It's amazing, jen.
(16:47):
I'm going to go to you now Oneof my favorite awards Connector
of the Year.
You know I'm all aboutnetworking, creating connections
, helping women build businessesand communities, so this is a
big one for me.
This award was created forsomebody who seems to know
everyone and someone who isalways putting people's names
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out there in rooms that they'renot in right.
We love it when people hype usup to our face, but even better
when somebody hypes us up behindour back, and this is also for
someone who is openly willingand able to make introductions
right.
It's like I have a conversationwith you and I'm like this is
what I'm struggling with.
(17:29):
You know exactly who I need totalk to, or this is what's
missing in my life.
You know exactly who I need totalk to, so tell us a little bit
about how being a connector hasplayed into your business and
helped you be successful being aconnector has played into your
business and helped you besuccessful.
Jenn Grubb (17:51):
If it wasn't for my
women support group for lack of
a better term I probably wouldhave thrown in the towel.
When I rebranded six months ago, I didn't think I could do it,
and the powerhouse of women thatI have in my circle or tribe or
however you want to, were theones that were like, why don't
you just go out on your own anddo this?
They're like the people followyou, not necessarily the name,
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and so I was like, okay, I'llgive it a shot, and it has been
probably the best decision thatI had ever made.
The women are the backbone, theother businesses, the people
that I'm meeting throughnetworking, or I mean most
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people either know kids oraround kids or have kids, or I
mean I went from law enforcementto teaching to now owning my
own company, and the people thatI have met and worked with over
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the last couple of years havereally been encouraging.
And I love being in thecommunity, I love bringing
people together.
I love I'm stepping out of mycomfort zone by going to more
networking events.
I'm great one on one and I'mgreat with you know, oh, I know
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somebody I can, you know, hookyou up or I can help people with
this or that.
But you know, big events is notmy level of comfort per se, but
empowering other women is justgood for business, at least in
my, in my opinion, they're theheart of everything we do,
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especially for me.
You know, my business thebackbone is parents.
So you know, I want to reachout and talk to other women and
get to know other businesses,because businesses can also
advertise on my page and get tothe community of parents as well
, and it's something that for along time, no matter what my job
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was, I was never super excited.
You know, to get up and workand I do get excited almost
every day.
Still, I mean, I have not madea dime, but I still get up and
I'm excited and at least knowinggetting this award, I know I'm
reaching people and I know thatwhat I'm doing is having an
effect and it was a surprise andit was a shock, but it's um an
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honor and I guess, with my onlyhaving six months into it, I'm
glad that it is starting to makean impact and I'm only excited
to see where, where we go withthis.
Melissa Snow (20:39):
So yeah, I love
what you said about community
and it's interesting because allthree of you talked about
community in a different way.
Right Like, kate's creating acommunity in her space and Jen's
got a community, severaldifferent communities right
Cause you've got, like, theseresources and people that you
can refer to.
You've also got your own littleprobably not little big
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cheerleading squad and thepeople that support you and the
people that keep you going.
And I loved what Masichi saidabout having this community on
LinkedIn and just putting it outthere like hey, here's this
award and you know, and peopleare noticing what all three of
you are doing and people areimpressed and people want to
support you just as much as youwant to support other women.
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So I think that's really cool.
So obviously, community is oneof the things that helps all
three of you.
I'm guessing, when things arehard, when you are questioning
what you're doing or why you'redoing it, or if it's ever going
to work, I think whether you'vebeen in business for six months
or you've been in business for16 years, you still have moments
(21:41):
where you're like everything isterrible, why am I doing this?
I'm going to go get a job.
So when you go through thosemoments?
What is it that helps you keepgoing?
Kate Laviolette (21:53):
I always take
some space.
If I get to that point, I knowthat no amount of effort I put
in is going to make me better.
I need space and perspective.
So whether that's like aself-carity or going to the
mountains or my favorites, goingto the beach and making sure I
have enough travel in my life soI don't ever get to that point
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but really shifting perspective,trying to step away from the
business for a minute,recognizing that I'm clearly
overwhelmed.
If I've gotten to that place,I'm really just kind of working
through that level of energy fora split moment before going
back to my team.
But really and truly we'rebetter when we stand together
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and that what we do matters.
But what I do matters and itchanges lives.
And even if one life haschanged, that's how many
countless lives that come incontact with that.
And then coming back to what'sthe core mission what's the core
mission of what I do and why doI do it?
I think that comes back toempowerment.
We deserve to be empoweredjoyful, thriving people.
Melissa Snow (23:03):
That idea of
taking a few steps back and
taking a pause is great advice,because I think most of the time
when we get to that space, ourinstinct is to do the opposite.
Right, it's like, okay, well,if nothing's working and
everything's hard and I'moverwhelmed and I'm blah, blah,
blah, then that means I need tostay up until three o'clock this
morning tomorrow morning tolike, do all the things and I
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need to do this and work harderand do more.
And that idea that, like,actually the opposite is
probably going to be way morehelpful for you is a very good
reminder for people.
What about you, jen?
What keeps you going?
Jenn Grubb (23:39):
Knowing that people
need what I do.
I am a parent of four girls andmy oldest and youngest.
There's a 30 year gap, and sothere's a huge year gap, and so
there's, yeah, a huge, huge gap.
But I have surrounded myselfwith some pretty amazing ladies.
We do a lunch and learn.
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Every Tuesday we get togetherand we just have lunch and we
talk about what's working,what's not working, things that
you know this worked for me, itmight not work for you and
trying to put your own twist onit, you know they've seen a
value in what I do and if itwasn't for them empowering me, I
would not have decided to gofurther.
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We're all kind of growingtogether.
A lot of us have started aroundthe same time and we're just
helping with growing ourbusinesses and getting our names
out there.
And some of this is like somany people like immediately
jump into finances and spendingmoney on this, that and the
other, and it's like if you canget the right people to just
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like and follow and help you getthe word out.
That's what's most important.
And once you're getting outthere, then you know people are
starting to recognize.
Once you're getting out there,then you know people are
starting to recognize and beinga entrepreneur or a young
business owner or, for me, anold business owner who's just
starting out, the simple likesand follows and shares are where
a lot of it is at.
And getting people all togetherand, you know, collaborating
(25:07):
and trying to come up with ideasand getting to know the people
around you, you know, justempowering women is just it's
good for business.
Melissa Snow (25:19):
Yeah, and I think
I mean obviously that mindset
that you have is the reason thatyou were nominated and won the
Connector of the Year Award,because I think there's a lot of
entrepreneurs, especially inthe beginning of business,
before they realize how thingsreally work, that are like you
know, I'm going to do all of thethings and I don't need anybody
else, and networking is a wasteof time, and why would I
promote her when I could bepromoting myself?
And you know very much like ascarcity, competition kind of
(25:44):
mindset, and I agree with youit's.
You know, when I switched mybusiness, I was a dating and
relationship coach before Imoved into business and you know
, teaching people how to networkand how to grow their business
through connections.
I was told by several expertsthat that wasn't going to make
me any money, because buildingyour business that way takes
(26:06):
time and people want to buy thelike here's five things you can
do today to make six figures bytomorrow Like that's what we
want to buy, and so maybe it'snot the thing that's making you
money right away, but I knowthat the way that you're
building your business is goingto be the most sustainable form
(26:28):
of business growth for you, you,because all of those
relationships just keepmultiplying.
Right Like you and I make aconnection.
So now you have access to mynetwork and now I'm telling my
network about you.
And so now there's a hundredother people who know about you
that you haven't had to sit downand have a hundred coffees with
, which is a bonus for you, andyou know, these people are all
(26:50):
coming to you then as warm leadsbecause they know like and
trust me.
And if I know like and trustyou, then it must be good.
So I love what you're doing, Ilove how you're doing it and
keep it up, because you are ahundred percent on the right
track.
Thank you, and Masichi, let'sgo to you.
How do you keep going when it'shard?
Nmasichi Chukwuemeka (27:12):
um the
first thing I do is to go cry
because that's a good first step, yeah let those tears out and
then I call either my mom, mypartner or my brother.
I am very close to my family,very, very family oriented.
All of us in our family werelike very, very close.
(27:35):
So usually I call my brotherand he's an entrepreneur too, so
he has been an entrepreneur for, I believe, 15 years there
about.
So he always has like words ofwisdom.
Or I call my mom and she letsme cry and consoles me, cry and
counsels me.
Or I call my partner or one ofmy close friends and I feel like
(27:58):
the support I have and thecommunity I have around me just
helps me and just makes me feel,know that I'm not alone.
And another thing that I doalso is I I pray, I'm, I'm a
Christian, I, you know, I trustGod, I love God.
So I pray, I commit things intohis hands and I have faith that
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it's going to get better and italways gets better.
So how do I move forward?
It's through community, throughmy faith and also other
entrepreneurs around me.
Yeah, this is how I keep mysanity community, prayer, family
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and, of course, crying.
Melissa Snow (28:46):
Don't forget that
part.
That's an important part.
Well, and I think I want to goback to something that Kate said
too, because I think this isvery true for all three of you,
because all three of you areclearly very passionate about
what you do and particularlyabout the people that you help,
and one of the things that shesaid was about remembering why
you're doing what you're doing,and that there's people out
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there that need what you'redoing, and I say that a lot Like
right now there is someone outthere who is struggling because
they don't know that you existright, and that's true for all
three of you.
Everything that all three ofyou are doing is so important
and I hope that you willremember that impact that you're
having, that you will rememberthe significance of this award.
(29:30):
I mean, yes, like every awardthat ever existed, it's only
there because I invented it anddecided it was a thing, and also
, people who are not menominated you right.
They saw what you were doing inthe world and they knew that
you needed and deserved thatrecognition, and that's really
huge.
We were just talking on aninterview that I did with a
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couple other winners earliertoday about how we get negative
feedback or something badhappens or something doesn't
work and we'll obsess about thatfor like a week, right.
But we win an award or someonesays something to us about like
you've really changed my life.
Or like I'll get a random email.
That's like I just found yourpodcast and I've been binging it
(30:12):
all weekend.
It's helped me so much.
Blah, blah, blah.
And I'm like, okay, that's nice, anyway, blah, blah, blah.
So really allow yourself totake in the significance of the
fact that even one person onearth thought you know what.
Jen is important enough andmaking a big enough impact that
I'm going to take a minute tonominate her for this award.
And I'm just so impressed bythe work that all three of you
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are doing.
I'm so glad that you are partof this world, that you are
doing the work that you're doingto empower women and to empower
people.
It's very inspiring.
So if people want to learn moreabout you, if they want to
connect with you further, get onyour radar.
Kate Laviolette (30:52):
what is the
best way for them to do that?
Kate, to hop on our websitelivebeyondlimitcom.
There's a contact page thatgoes directly to me If you have
any direct questions.
You can see how to get involvedin our community trips and our
trainings and upcoming shows Jen.
Melissa Snow (31:10):
how can people
connect with you?
Jenn Grubb (31:12):
I'm on all the
socials and the Buzzy Bee.
It's just the website.
The B is just a letter B, it'snot B-E-E.
I'm always looking for tips andsuggestions to what the people
want.
If you want an article onsomething, please let me know.
If you want a guide onsomething that I don't have yet,
please let me know, becauseanybody can reach out to me by
email or social medias or thewebsite.
Melissa Snow (31:35):
Awesome, Masichi.
How can we find out more aboutyou?
Nmasichi Chukwuemeka (31:38):
I am
mostly on LinkedIn a lot of the
time.
So and my LinkedIn is my name,masichi Chukwemeka I do have a
Tribes and History website,which is tribes and historycom,
and also our tribes and historyInstagram, so you can also
connect through there.
But LinkedIn is like your bestbet because it's directly to me.
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For the Instagram, I might notbe the one, because we do have a
couple of people that handlethat.
So, yeah, that's how you canconnect.
Melissa Snow (32:10):
Awesome.
I will put all of those linksin the show notes so that people
can reach out to you.
Thank you again for everythingthat you're doing in the world
and for doing this interviewwith us.
It was awesome, and have agreat rest of your day, ladies.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Nmasichi Chukwuemeka (32:25):
Melissa,
Thank you guys.