The Color Shift

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Every situation or occurrence has a purpose, a purpose that allows you to honor yourself. Take each moment as an opportunity to make the most of your life. - Nicole Walker

Experience the inspiring journey of Nicole Walker, a woman who defied expectations and embraced her true potential. From feeling undervalued in the corporate world to becoming a suc...

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Join host Nikita Burks-Hale as she welcomes the vibrant and playful Nina Everflow, an instructional designer and trainer facilitator, on a journey to rediscover the transformative power of play in adult life, challenging societal expectations and infusing joy, spontaneity, and creativity into everyday experiences. In this episode Nikita and Nina explore the tr...

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Danielle Desir, a badass podcaster and entrepreneur, embarks on a journey of self-discovery and growth, challenging herself to take risks, step out of her comfort zone, and color outside the lines to achieve success. Danielle Desir is a personal finance and travel podcaster, founder of Women of Color Podcasters, and full-time entrepreneur. She is passionate ab...

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In this podcast, Martha Cristina Garza, a Mexican immigrant, jewelry designer, and powerful brand strategist, must navigate trusting herself and others through a transformational year of self-discovery and growth to build magnetic and reflective brands. Martha Cristina Garza is a Mexican-American entrepreneur and brand strategist based in Brooklyn. She is the ...

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Join me on today’s episode of Headphones and Crayons as I explore how to build trust and create an atmosphere of safety and vulnerability for authentic conversations with Anna DeShawn, a streaming platform creator who centers and celebrates Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and Queer Trans People of Color (QTPOC). Anna shares her story of rediscovering ...

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We are back! In this episode, we use color as a comparison for life, for the journeys we take and how we make sense of them. I invite you to color along with me as we explore primary colors and how they represent the three questions we should ask ourselves every day. 

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• How primary colors be used as a comparison for life and journe...

Well 2022, the time has come to say farewell. But wow, what a beautiful year of life, lessons, and COLOR!

Tune in to today's episode, the last of the year 2022 to hear:

• My journey of creating Headphones and Crayons the podcast and what I learned along the way,
• M...

To uncover is to unfold. To be in alignment and be vulnerable. Life is all about Discovery. Discovering who we are, what matters to us, and how we exist in the world. Today I am honored to welcome our last guest of the season: Mai-kee Tsang. Mai-kee Tsang is a creative entrepreneur and podcaster who believes that together we make a brighter space. Mai-kee is pas...

Confidence is one of those things that can be hard to navigate, sticky even. We live in a society that is constantly asking us to “show up as our best selves” while simultaneously making us feel like we are not enough. So how can we as business owners, as people find the strength and courage to show up and say “this is me, take it or leave it”. How can we find success in our businesses, AND in our li...

We’ve had so many conversations about the journey, about what it takes to live a whole, fulfilling and aligned life. As many of you folks have found, the journey often includes a lot of “work”. It’s easy to get caught up in what we think the “work” should look like, in how the journey should unfold. But often we aren’t taught to surrender to ease or to do the work sustainably. Like many things in lif...

As travelers on this journey, there comes a time when we are called to step into our power. But what does this look like when we find that society already has a notion of what power and leadership are? This "friction" results in us finding ourselves embodying power in a way that feels inauthentic. Personally and transparently, it took me a long time to realize that my true power and my voic...

What does justice mean to you? What does it look like for us to harness the power we have to shift our culture? The great Dr. Cornel West once said, “Justice is what love looks like in public”. As a black woman, as a person of color, the pursuit of justice and a more fair and equitable world is something that I fight for. There is no chance of opting out, it is my real life. Justice means different t...

It can be easy to forget that your voice is powerful. Sometimes, we are afraid to stand up for ourselves, for other folks, or even for the things we believe in. Learning to tap into your voice and the power that it yields can take time but what matters most is that you try. It's important that we speak up even when our voice shakes because this is how we build and care for ourselves and our comm...

Toni Morrison once wrote: “ freeing yourself is one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self is another.” Sometimes, it can feel like the safest option to hold on to ideas, beliefs and identities that no longer serve us. But what happens when the path we thought would free us leaves us feeling stuck? What happens when we outgrow our old ways of being? We learn to honor ourselves and our feelings....

Often, we as women feel the need to have it all together. Whether in our personal lives or our careers, this pressure never really seems to end. As marginalized folks, we know the importance of using our voices, the responsibility we have to our communities, and just how much representation matters. But it is easy to get so caught up in all the noise and get overwhelmed with our never ending to-do-li...

Trust is a fundamental part of the journey, whether it’s learning to trust ourselves or the ones we love. It can however be difficult for folks to make space for the vulnerability and openness that trust requires. But like everything else trust is learned and earned over time. The trust we have in ourselves pours into every other aspect of our lives. While this is true, the word “trust” can be a trig...

Releasing is a powerful thing to do. Many of us hold on to a lot of things whether they serve us or not. It can be quite difficult to experience shifts in who we are and downright grief inducing to realize the lives we are living no longer serve us or align with our highest good. Giving ourselves space to let go and walk away is deeply freeing. So how do we find the courage to put ourselves first? Ho...

I often speak about the importance of using your voice and how your message can make a difference. For me, this platform has not only been a way to bring folks together but has also been a great source of personal healing. However, sometimes it is easy to get swayed into thinking about “right” or  “wrong”. Sometimes we get so afraid of messing up that we don’t give ourselves the chance to try. What i...

As we go through life, we often find questions in our hearts that we hope the journey can answer. Sometimes, adhering too much to our idea of the answer can make us miss the point completely. What if we were to give ourselves the space to pause, reflect, process and then discover possibilities outside of our expectations? What would that change? What would it free up inside of us? How would your jour...