Revolutionary Rising
Gieselle Allen
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Are you a woman or femme of color entrepreneur who’s ready to have a business that impacts millions, allows you to thrive, and that doesn’t re-create systems of oppression? Welcome home, sib. This podcast features conversations and gems of wisdom from revolutionary women and femme of color entrepreneurs who have built thriving businesses, and have done it their way.
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Dec 1, 2022
050: The Most Important Episode
As folks of color, it’s not uncommon for us to start our businesses because we hit (racist) walls in the corporate world.
The only problem?
Most of the time…we start our businesses being that same shitty boss we tried to escape.
In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing the ultimate key to being loud, being real, and being seen:
Doing it your own damn way.
(Seriously, don’t even do mine!)
This is why, when I recorded today’s episode of the Revolutionary Rising Podcast, I gave it a bold name:
The Most Important Episode
Because the truth is, nothing else I’ve told you throughout this season is going to matter if you’re still accidentally implementing it through this white supremacist, patriarchal lens.
I’ll also be talking about how you:
* Don’t have to hustle to be loud, real, and be seen
* Can be super private (or shy!) and still be fully expressed
* Can start implementing YOUR unique way of being loud, real, and seen
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
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Nov 17, 2022
049: Reclaiming Your Name w/ Junielle Rosher
When I met Junielle, she went by “Elle”...
…because, you guessed it – she felt like her name was “too difficult.”
But lately, she’s been reclaiming her voice…
…and as she’s reclaimed her voice, she’s reclaimed her name.
During this episode, we talked about so much, like:
* Junielle’s experience growing up as one of the few Black kids in her Canadian town
* why Junielle had to first feel “worthy” and “enough” to reclaim her name
* how getting a full-time job was the best decision Junielle has ever made for her business
* how Junielle intentionally curates more joy in her day to day, even when she hasn’t met all her “goals”
I love Junielle so much – and if you love me, I think you’ll adore this episode with her, too.
About Junielle:
She inspires. She uplifts. She is the hype woman to have in your corner. Junielle is a speaker and the founder of the Joy Calendar, a community for millennial women to have fun and schedule more joy in their lives.
Weaving her mindset knowledge with her desire to find her authentic self in a world that praises conformity, Junielle is passionate about prioritizing her well-being while encouraging others to do the same.
Her circle is grateful for her playful energy, her calm presence and her unwavering commitment to helping women live their best, bold and liberated lives.
When she’s not coming up with fun ways to infuse more joy in her community’s lives, you’ll often find her tutoring high school students, or on Instagram, dancing to her favorite tunes.
Connect with Junielle here:
Instagram: @juniellerosher @thejoycalendar
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen/
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Nov 10, 2022
048: You’re Gonna Get Called Out
As a result of “cancel culture,” you might feel pretty damned unsafe showing up boldly in these streets, because you can’t afford to say the wrong thing and have it impact your finances.
I used to be terrified that when I spoke up as an entrepreneur and leader, I’d be canceled or called out, too.
But I’m over that drama now.
In this episode, I’m talking about:
* why being called out can actually be a GOOD thing
* the #1 thing that’ll help you give zero fucks about getting called out
* how it might be a good idea to care less about harming people (I know, spicy!)
* what to do if you get called out
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
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Nov 3, 2022
047: If You Don’t Listen To Yourself, No One Else Will w/ Kat Muñoz
Today I’m joined by one of my favorite people and a former client of mine, Kat Munoz!
Kat and I talk about:
* Finding herself and actually enjoying being herself
* The power of asking herself what she needed and honoring what she wants
* How she created internal safety by accepting herself
About Kat:
Kat stands for emotional freedom for wives and moms and she empowers them to prioritize what lights them up without guilt. Her holistic approach helps you reconnect to and love yourself deeply, in ways that help you express your most authentic self in the world and also do it in ways that improve your most important relationships. If you want to feel more energized and excited about your life and the people in it, Kat’s your girl.
When she’s not emboldening others, you can usually find Kat turning her bedroom into a club, painting with her kids or recording tipsy podcast episodes with her husband.
Connect with Kat here:
https://www.instagram.com/therebelwife
https://www.tiktok.com/@therebelwife
Kat’s podcast Let Her Out in Spotify and Apple Podcasts:
https://open.spotify.com/show/70078Pu2yENyJanmgB60ok
https://podcasts.Apple.com/us/podcast/let-her-out/id618316455
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
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Oct 27, 2022
046: You Aren’t That Special (Sorry!)
Today I’m saying something that you really need to hear… you’re not that special.
Y’all should know me better by now and I know you that there’s more to today’s topic.
Today’s message is super simple:
* There’s a systemic reason that you feel like no one understands you
* There are so many people who relate to you and your experiences
Listen in to find out exactly why you’re special but not that special
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
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Oct 20, 2022
045: You Are Not For Everyone w/ Dalia Kinsey
“Anything that doesn’t affirm you needs to be avoided like the plague”
Today, we’re talking about how Dalia went from shut down to being more visible than most folks could dream of.
(And feeling safe being that visible, too!)
In this episode, Dalia and I discussed:
* How saying “no” is a complete sentence
* How Dalia got the courage to go for being for “everyone” to being just for queer BIPOC
* How talking to the wrong people in your marketing can be demotivating
* The importance of community in Dalia’s journey to showing up and being seen
The racist af roots of diet culture (this might surprise you! It surprised me!)
About Dalia:
Dalia Kinsey is a queer Black Registered Dietitian, keynote speaker, the creator of the Body Liberation for All podcast, and author of Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation. On a mission to spread joy, reduce suffering, and eliminate health disparities in the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC community, Dalia rejects diet culture and teaches people to use nutrition as a self-care and personal empowerment tool to counter the damage of systemic oppression. Dalia works at the intersection of holistic wellness and social justice, continually creating wellness tools and resources that center the most vulnerable, individuals that hold multiple marginalized identities. Dalia’s work can be found at
DECOLONIZING WELLNESS by Dalia Kinsey is out now! This body-positive food freedom book counters the damage of systemic oppression in the wellness industry and provides a road map to body acceptance and self-care for queer people of color
Enter to win a copy here: https://sendfox.com/lp/1xqn9z
Connect with Dalia here:
https://www.daliakinsey.com/
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen/
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Oct 13, 2022
044: Allowing in The Good
If you want to truly be loud, be real, and be seen - you’ve gotta stop focusing on the folks who don’t care and instead Allow In The Good.
Because quite simply focusing on the negative and bad experiences 100% kills your ability to actually be loud, real and seen!
You’re not alone in this sib, you never are. So listen in!
Here’s what I'm diving into today:
* Why our brains focus on the negative as folks of color
* Why focusing on the good can feel really fucking unsafe
* Small ways to start ignoring the folks who don’t care and loving up on the folks who DO
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
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Oct 6, 2022
043: Finding Your Power As a Person of Color w/ Eleanor Victorioso
When Eleanor and I met, Eleanor was running a profitable, successful financial consulting business and tbh, she was miserable.
She was still working with (white dude) clients she hated…
…working all hours of the day and night…
…and was putting her passion projects to the side for what was more urgent and important.
Today, her business couldn’t look any more different, and it’s safe to say that she has fully reclaimed it.
Now, she integrated her passions INTO her business (she does financial coaching for women of color, too!)
In this episode, Eleanor and I talk about:
* How our work together supported her in reclaiming her business to go from being a burden to something that she loved.
* Her history as a first gen Filipino woman, wife, and mother - and how it was impacting her ability to exist in the world the way she wanted
* How she makes change in her business in sustainable, trauma-informed ways
About Eleanor:
Eleanor Victorioso is a transformational life & money coach and CPA who lives in Los Angeles, CA with her partner and two children. She helps women develop a healthy relationship with money to make more intentional and guided financial decisions. She has a 4 part framework of helping her clients: Liberate from their money stories, Activate their money desires, Engage with those desires through goal setting strategies, and Commit to taking realistic and loving action to achieve those goals.
She recently transitioned her career from primarily working with early-stage VC-funded startups to coaching individuals. Her passion lies in helping women connect with themselves and their ancestors to understand their inherent beauty and unique gifts. She believes that love, connection, and spiritual partnering are the ways that she can support women through this journey along with her financial experience.
Connect with Eleanor here:
Website: https://www.rhythmofmoney.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eleanorvictorioso/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-victorioso/
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
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Sep 29, 2022
042: You Don’t Care About Other People
Are you ready to get your wig snatched this episode???
Is anyone actually ever ready to get their wig snatched? 🤔 I guess not but it’s happening anyways!
I swear no one’s really talking about today’s topic but you already know that I hate following the norm so I’m talking about it.
I know you looked at today’s episode title and said wtf, I care about people, and I’m sure you do but I swear I didn’t mean it as you read it!
Here’s what we’re discussing today:
* Why you don’t actually care about what people have to say about your marketing
* The surprising truth of what you’re actually worried about
* Small ways you can stop worrying about being called out or saying “the wrong thing”
Connect with Gieselle:
Apply for 1:1 Coaching: https://gieselleallen.com/1-1-coaching/
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Sep 22, 2022
041: It’s Okay To Be Me w/ Emma Weatherall
I’m so excited to be interviewing Emma Weatherall and sharing her story of how she went from brilliant and hiding, to brilliant and shouting it from the rooftops.
During this episode Emma and I discuss:
* How not understanding cultural cues from “dominant culture” impacted her confidence
* The difference between knowing you’re good at what you do…and OWNING that you’re good at what you do
* Why perfectionism doesn’t make you a better human
* How being louder, bolder, and seen made her an even better business consultant
* The way strategy and mindset can complement each other in your business journey
About Emma:
Emma Weatherall is a Marketing + Business Consultant who works with coaches and course creators to triple their business revenue and create a life of abundant freedom & luxury.
With an innate knack for visioning combined with her expert knowledge of online marketing honed over more than a decade in the space, Emma is a trailblazer who knows the ‘rules’ of online business inside out, so that she can break them like an artist - and in doing so has re-written the path to help thousands of clients become multi-six-figure business owners.
Emma specializes in helping women of color experience significant business growth, through designing brilliantly aligned strategies that turn efforts online into reliable revenue, always leading with your core values & bold message.
She’s been described as ‘the perfect blend of heart and strategy’, ‘a really rare person in the online space’, ‘super smart, full of integrity, fun as hell’ . . .
In short, Emma’s work is empowering to female business owners worldwide, in the truest sense.
Connect with Emma here:
Website: emmaweatherall.com
Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/emmaweatherall
Instagram: http://instagram.com/emmaweatherall
Free Opt In: https://www.emmaweatherall.com/training
Sales Boost Bundle: https://www.emmaweatherall.com/sales-boost-bundle
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Sep 15, 2022
040: The Secret Key To Being Loud, Real, and Seen
This topic has quickly and easily become one of my favorite things to talk about in this world.
So today’s episode is all about safety… which is the crucial piece to being loud, being real, and being seen.
This week’s episode gives us the secret to feeling way safer showing up, speaking up, and being seen.
I’ve used this secret countless times in my business, and my clients have used it too.
Matter of fact, I’m going to make a big claim:
This is the only thing that’ll really help you feel comfortable showing up, being louder, and being seen.
In this episode, I’ll be talking about:
* That sometimes when we show up as our fullest expression of selves we get negative reactions and rejected
* Why it makes complete fucking sense that you aren’t showing up as boldly as you’d like
* The two common places most entrepreneurs feel unsafe in their marketing
* Why you can’t seek safety entirely outside of yourself
* The three keys feeling safer showing up loud,…
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Sep 8, 2022
039: The “Good Girl” Trap w/ Brenda Ramos
“Be where you are, be the fullest expression of who and what you are in this moment.”
Today we are blessed to have Brenda Ramos join us as our first guest of the season!
Brenda works at the intersection of mindfulness, spirituality, and decoloniality as a life coach, mindfulness meditation teacher, and intuitive movement guide.
In this episode Brenda and I discuss:
* Her intersectional identities as a white-presenting mixed race Boricua of Taino Caribbean ancestors.
* How growing up in the Catholic Church and spending summers in Puerto Rico led Brenda to “be a good girl” and keep her head down in order to stay “safe”.
* The need to be seen and heard and rebelling against years of oppression.
* Brenda’s mindfulness tips that help her work through the programming that exists within her as a result of colonization.
* How we need to trust ourselves because there’s a place within us under layers of socialization and fear that knows what we truly need to be loud…
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Sep 8, 2022
038: It’s Not You, It’s White Supremacy
Today’s topic is my bread and butter y’all!
Most of us have learned about showing up and being seen through a super white lens. But that white lens is not for us because it places blame on us.
It tells us that we are playing small and getting in our own way but we’ve been conditioned to feel that way.
Here’s the good news though: once you know and truly believe that so many of the things you’re struggling with aren’t actually your fault, or a personal feeling…
…then you can actually heal your roadblocks and move on from the internal drama that’s keeping you from showing up in the world the way you want to.
So here’s what we’re covering in this episode:
* Why it’s so damn hard to talk yourself into speaking up, being louder, and showing up
* Common experiences BIPOC have that lead to you feeling “unsafe” or “unsure” showing up in your natural expression
* How our family and community polices us to show up in “good” and “appropriate” wa…
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Sep 8, 2022
037: Be Loud, Be Real, Be Seen
The Bitch is back y’all!
We are on season 3 and this season is all about being loud, being real, and being seen!
This season is going to be different from the first 2 seasons- we’re diving into new topics and new perspectives. And guests are back this season because 1. Representation matters and 2. I want you to experience their journeys and how they’ve learned to be their bold, messy, loud, and real selves!
So who is this season actually for? Well precious it’s for my brilliant revolutionary folks, changemakers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries.
Here’s a quick preview of what we’re getting into this season:
* The perspective shifts that you need to make to be the loudest, boldest, and realest version of yourself
* Exactly what being loud, being real, and being seen really means
* All the ways that we don’t allow ourselves to be loud, be real, and be seen and what the fuck to do about it (spoiler alert- it’s about you, not them)
* Safety and how it’s an ess…
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Dec 30, 2021
036: You don’t have “first world problems”
That’s a wrap on season 2!
This episode we are chatting with the amazing Olivia Howard. If you don’t know who they are, I promise you, you will be glad you hopped on this episode. We are wrapping up all the things that were discussed in this season about revolutionary leadership, and discussing the final,
*most important* topic… YOU! That’s right, the most important aspect to revolutionary leadership begins and ends with you, precious.
For some of you that may seem pretty ominous to your goals… focusing on yourself, but you need to. Olivia nails it in this episode when they say, “Revolutionary leadership is a deep commitment to our humanity”.
It’s all about being HUMAN, babe!
Be messy
be vulnerable
be needy AF.
When we start to give ourselves space to focus on ourselves, a lot of times our mind tells us to stop complaining about “first world problems”. As if our problems are frivolous. So we are eliminating that phrase, first world problems, because it just…
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Dec 23, 2021
035: No one wants you to be perfect
This episode is perfect in all the imperfect ways. We all hold onto this thought, even a little bit whether you are a revolutionary leader or not, that to be the BEST at anything, we must be perfect in all of the ways. Not only is this complete BS…
It’s exhausting!
Let’s get real together, perfectionism isn’t a damn thing. As revolutionary leaders we acknowledge that perfectionism needs to be put behind us, but it shows up in really funky other ways, and in this episode we are going to talk about it.
You deserve to be more than perfect.
You deserve to be whole.
You don’t need to have it all together.
You get to let it all fall apart.
Perfectionism is a confining space that I am going to help you bust the hell out of. We are going to lose this fucked up sense of being perfect, and embrace our messy ass selves.
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Dec 16, 2021
034: You don’t need an “empire”
Size… really doesn’t matter!
This episode we are talking all about size… business size!
There are a whoooooole lot of people out there who will tell you if you don’t want to have a seven figure business with 20+ employees you have a mindset problem, or you are playing small.
*sigh*
Maybe you still believe that a large business equals success but you are exhausted, burnout, and unsettled. There is a difference between not thinking you deserve something and creating something out of a deprived trauma response.
Let’s talk about what no one is talking about publicly, what does a sustainable business that matches your energy look like? What about a business that supports you financially and aligns with what you actually enjoy and love? The impact your business makes does not equate to its size. Your business doesn’t need to be this continuous growing beast to support you or your impact.
I know this isn’t a sexy conversation topic and goes against all topics of ‘abundan…
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Dec 9, 2021
033: Prioritizing your needs is revolutionary AF
Continuing the conversation about overgiving and boundaries
This episode is a love letter to all the people pleasers, responsibility holders, and folks who love to take care of other people.
We are conditioned through our formative years to believe that to make a difference, to be successful, we must follow the golden rule of capitalism, to give everything we possibly can. Our needs are unimportant, and to put our needs first is…
SELFISH
News flash, putting your needs first, prioritizing yourself, setting boundaries, IS revolutionary leadership.
This episode you’re learning how to walk the talk. We are learning our needs, learning how to assess our capacity to give, and most importantly learning how to protect those needs and boundaries with the magical word, NO!
Your needs and boundaries guide the space for your community, and while you may get pushback, this conversation is going to empower you to stand your ground.
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Dec 2, 2021
032: you give too much, sib
Revolutionary leadership is NOT synonymous with overgiving!
Regardless of the season, overgiving is never in. We are chatting all about the ‘why’ of overgiving. You may ask yourself, how do I regulate my giving when I want to serve and give to as many people as possible? We are diving into giving at our own expense, serving when it is not the best thing for us, when we have other needs, when we are at our capacity.
Overgiving does not equate to being a revolutionary leader. This may come off as shocking, praised leaders are noted to have given until they could give no more, but I promise you this is not a toxic cycle we are going to repeat.
Overgiving is exactly that… A toxic cycle!
While celebrating these leaders we have promoted the idea that to truly serve others is to drain yourself of everything…
FUCK THAT!
This episode we are confronting the toxic ideology that giving all of yourself is what makes a good leader, how white supremicist culture has taught BIPOC that th…
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Nov 26, 2021
031: Overcoming isolation in leadership
Overcoming the lonely road of leadership
After the last episode we know why revolutionary leadership can get so damn lonely, now we are digging into what the fuck to do about it!
We CRAVE a community of like minded people, and seek nourishing reciprocal relationships, but as we dive head first into the pool of prospects we tend to feel a bit more let down versus lifted up.
While each of our journeys is unique, our past traumas are likely going to impede the transition from lonely to supported. Our traumas, formed during periods of feeling unsafe, unseen, unheard, or harmed in our relationships, can be easily triggered when forming new relationships.
Let’s say it together, people cannot meet our needs if they do not know our needs!
Step 1. KNOW our needs
Step 2. Express those needs.
Step 3. Find people wanting/willing to meet said needs
We are breaking the capitalistic constraints of who "valuable community members’" are, and no longer shying away from the growing pains of a…
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Nov 18, 2021
030: why’s it “lonely at the top”?
Based on the saying that we all know, and have honestly felt intimately at some point or another, “it’s lonely at the top”.
So many of my clients that I work with come to me at pretty much the same point... they are good at holding communities together for others, but feel devoid of a community which supports them in all their needs and wants.
Listen, this isolation of revolutionary leaders is a fucking epidemic! It’s also by (white supremacist) design.
The truth is, we go so much further together, and we know this in our culture, yet we are all functioning in a deeply broken place. We focus on ourselves and believe that asking for help makes our achievements less than, and as women and femmes of color we have become hyper-individualized.
Today we’re going to talk about:
* Why it feels lonely at the top
* What white supremacy has to do with this
* How our intergenerational trauma is getting in the way of us having deeper support in our leadership
If you listen to…
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Nov 11, 2021
029: owning power (without being oppressive)
After discussing the concept of leadership and power in episode two, it is time we discuss the importance of leaning into our leadership and continually seeing and expressing our power. Doing this is necessary to make the massive impact we are hoping for, to liberate our communities, and create better futures for us all.
It is time for you to deepen and expand your power. Listen to this episode and give yourself space and time to let it soak in. This message is too good, too powerful, to miss out on!
Connect with Gieselle:
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Nov 11, 2021
028: your toxic relationship w/ power
You might not know this but as a woman or femme of color you probably have a toxic relationship with power and leadership
Don't believe me?
Listen to today's episode where we're diving into the concept of power and leadership and why our relationships to them are just a little screwed up
Today we're going to talk about:
* Why we're so uncomfortable with leadership
* Why power is often seen as oppressive
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Nov 11, 2021
027: WTF is Revolutionary leadership (and why does it matter?)
Welcome back to Revolutionary Rising! I am coming back loaded with all the things you loved in last season, but also going on a journey together, exploring topics from many sides. Together we are EVOLVING…
We are moving on from conversations about confidence and feeling stuck. We know how to overcome obstacles when we need to. Instead, we are discussing meeting not only others’ needs, but also our own. Learning how to step into our power and own it.
Most importantly, we are discussing leadership, all the ways we have a bullshit view on what it is, and how we make ourselves feel as if we aren’t one.
Connect with Gieselle:
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen/
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Feb 25, 2021
026: Being in Right Relationship with Your Marketing
Do you have pieces of your business that just don’t feel right for you right now? If so - it’s okay to take a step back, my dear. It’s okay to take some space from something to get in right relationship with it. In today’s episode, I share how I am reevaluating the ways I show up in my marketing and how you can avoid capitalism’s trap of urgency by taking space from the things that do not feel in alignment for you right now.
I’m digging into:
* How I am getting intentional with where and why I show up in my business
* Why I am stepping back from some of my marketing (and how to figure out if you need to do the same!)
* How to trust your intuition to guide your business marketing needs
* And more!
Connect with Gieselle:
Join me in my free private Facebook group, Revolutionary Entrepreneurs of Color, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/
Apply for Revolutionary Rising: https://revolutionaryrising.com/home/
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Feb 18, 2021
025: Coming Home To Yourself & Your Stories w/ Akansha Agrawal
Finding and connecting to our truth is deeply important for us as women and femmes of color - it gives us the freedom to do business in the revolutionary ways we crave. In today’s episode, I talk to embodiment and storytelling coach Akansha Agrawal, about reclaiming the narrative around who we “need” to be to find success in this world and how owning your truest self can help you step up as the leader you are truly meant to be.
We dive into:
* Rejecting the capitalistic standard of success and redefining how you measure success in your life and business
* How Akansha released herself from the trap of comparison and self-doubt
* The importance of creating from a place of safety and trust
* How connecting to her story and embodiment work helped Akansha become a better speaker and business owner
* A limiting belief about rest that could be holding you back from creating the life you want
* Why Akansha is focusing on South Asian voices and what she is doing to be able t…
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Feb 11, 2021
024: It Gets To Be Easy w/ Leslie Tagorda
You don’t have to search for it. The patriarchy doesn’t need to tell you what it is. The way you’re meant to operate, the way you’re meant to do business - the answers are already inside of you. In today’s episode, I talk to brand astrologer and designer, Leslie Tagorda, about how she built a revolutionary business by doing what she loves and how you can release the limiting beliefs around what your life and business “should be” so you can lean into a commitment to yourself and start calling in more ease and success (whatever that means for you!) into your life.
We dive into:
* What led Leslie to her revolutionary business of combining astrology and design
* How she got stuck in comparison and copying for 15 years (and how she broke through!)
* Why the messaging around entrepreneurship is especially harmful for folks of color
* The importance of a commitment to self when building a business or brand
* Being conscious of what success means to you (and why this…
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Feb 4, 2021
023: The Truth About Redefining Success
We’re told that once we make X amount of money in our business - we’ll be successful and we can finally rest and enjoy it. Truth is, honey, this is capitalist bullshit. And if you are trying to do business in a revolutionary way, you will always be at odds with this idea. In today’s episode, I break down the “money is success” myth and walk you through the mindset tools you need to decolonize your business and redefine what success means for YOU.
I’m digging into:
* How to navigate your own version of success in a patriarchal and capitalist society
* Why running your business in integrity might mean slower growth (and why this is okay!)
* The MOST IMPORTANT thing to start with when running a revolutionary business
* Why you might be experiencing short-lived peaks in your business (and what to do about it!)
* What to do if you get triggered by comparison or the capitalist bullshit
* How you could be holding yourself back from creating your own business strategy…
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Jan 28, 2021
022: Thriving by Doing it Your Own Damn Way w/ VP Wright
You can create a business that feels good for you AND see it thrive - whatever thriving means for you. You can do this while still honoring all of your intersectional identities and being the whole, authentic human you are. In today’s episode, I talk with inclusive business coach, VP Wright, about how she helps build ethical and sustainable online community-based businesses and the important ways she is showing up for her business and community as her fullest, authentic self. If you’re looking for ways to embrace your truest self in your business so you can truly see it thrive, then tune in - because this episode is for you!
We dive into:
* How VP supports businesses through her education and trainings (and why inclusivity is at the forefront!)
* Why VP has continued to share more and more of her identities with her community
* How gender expression can deeply impact the way we operate in business
* Why she hired support to build her business and how it helped her sell ou…
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Jan 21, 2021
021: Urgent and Important
Here’s what I know, my dear - everything can wait.
Your business can wait. Your friends can wait. Your to-do list can wait.
But white supremacy culture wants you to believe otherwise! In today’s episode, I am digging into the concept of urgency, how harmful it is for us as folks of color, and what we can be doing to combat this so we can lead more revolutionary lives and businesses.
I am digging into:
* Why the lie of urgency is so deeply harmful for women and folks of color
* How you can start to decolonize time and deadlines in your life and business
* Why urgency and intentionality DO NOT coexist
* How capitalism and white supremacy culture are steeped in urgency (and how to avoid getting swept up in this bullshit!)
* What happens to you when you are surrounded by people who are run by urgency
* How you might be falling into the urgency trap in your business if you are looking for evidence of results
* What you need to start doing TODAY to live a more restful l…
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Jan 7, 2021
020: Pleasure is your Birthright w/ Ann Nguyen
We are built for pleasure and thriving y'all. And as women and femmes of color, accepting this truth is so deeply important for us. In today’s episode, I talk with sexual empowerment coach Ann Nguyen about the powerful healing quality of her work. We discuss how she integrates her ancestral lineage into her work, her revolutionary vision for the world, and how the integration of pleasure into your life can change everything.
We dive into:
* How sexuality and divinity are interconnected and how Ann taps into both in her work
* Why and how she integrates her ancestral lineage into her pleasure work
* How disconnection from pleasure plays a role in our lives as women and femmes of color
* The difference between sensuality and sexuality and what pleasure actually means
* Ann’s 5% pleasure rule (and how to integrate it into your life!)
* The tangible ways that pleasure can play a role in your business
* Resistance to our sexual power and how trauma can play a role
* An…
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Dec 31, 2020
019: My Biggest F*** Ups of 2020
During this crazy year, did you find yourself buying into white supremacy culture? Trying out all their strategies, hiring the experts, joining the programs, and still haven’t found the growth or success you were looking for? In today’s episode, I take you through my 2020 fuck ups, how I moved through them in a revolutionary way, and all the beautiful learning that can come from taking your power back and finding alignment in your life and business when things seem like they just aren’t working.
I’m digging into:
* The MOST common theme among all my fuck ups this year (and why this is so important if you want to live an empowered, decolonized life!)
* My recent launch and how you can avoid the mistake that I made
* The ONLY way shit is going to start working for you in your business (hint: it’s not about someone else’s strategy)
* My BIGGEST learnings from my setbacks this year and how they can help you in your life and business
* The MOST IMPORTANT thing about…
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Dec 24, 2020
018: Your “Money Mindset” Isn’t The Problem w/ Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
What bullshit stories have you been told around money? Truth is, as women and femmes of color, we need to ditch the traditional finance narratives and harmful capitalist culture if we want to cultivate a healthy relationship with money. On today’s episode, I have a deep conversation with financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin about navigating a business that feels in integrity within capitalism and how to release the shame around money to run a more revolutionary business.
We dive into:
* The importance of including money in the mental health and emotional work we do in our lives
* Why a shame-free relationship with money is so important to Lindsay and her work
* The stark binary in the traditional finance world (and how to undo this damaging messaging)
* How the money mindset conversation can be spiritual bypassing in disguise (and how to spot it!)
* The difference between guilt and shame in reference to money and how it impacts your ability to show up
* How to disti…
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Dec 17, 2020
017: You Are Not Right
I can teach you the right way to live, to do business, to thrive. Heard this bullshit story before? The truth is, the right or wrong binary is deeply damaging to us as women and femmes of color. On today’s episode, I dig into the impact of rightness on our mindset and on the way we operate in life and business and discuss finding true liberation by allowing your intuition to guide you instead.
I’m digging into:
* How living in an either/or world is a direct function of white supremacy (and how to release yourself from this trap)
* What happens when you allow your own intuition to be “right” instead
* How the right/wrong binary might be showing up in your business
* What this binary is actually teaching you about yourself and why this is so damaging
* An important question to start asking yourself about who you follow and the content you consume
* What could be happening in your life and business if you are too focused on being right
* How the people you follow a…
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Dec 10, 2020
016: When Decolonizing Isn’t Easy w/ Raquel Reyes
Decolonizing your business isn’t a single moment. It’s something that you need to show up for every day. On today’s episode, I get deep into decolonization with astrologer Raquel Reyes. We discuss the beauty of astrology and her journey to decolonization after experiencing burnout in her business. Tune in if you want to discover the deep transformation that can come from doing what feels right and good for YOU.
We dive into:
* How Raquel uses astrology as a vehicle for her clients and how important social justice and decolonization work is to her life and business
* Her journey to decolonization after years in business
* How astrology plays a role in her identity and cultural background
* Accepting “snap” as one of the most comfortable states of being in her business (and why this is so important for WOC)
* Holding strong boundaries and rejecting consumption culture
* Creating a safe space for WOC and for the anti-racism discussion
* The importance of prioriti…
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Dec 3, 2020
015: Reclaiming our Identities from Whiteness
If you don’t feel worthy in your identities, you won’t feel worthy in your life or biz. So, by whose rules are you measuring if your identities are important? On today’s episode, I am unpacking my spiritual identity and reflecting on why we hide from the parts of ourselves that might turn people off and instead why we need to embrace and reclaim every part as important and valuable. Your whole fucking self is deeply important to your message, my love, so why aren’t you sharing it? Let’s dive in.
Im digging into:
* The importance of rewriting the narrative from dominant culture around spirituality
* My inner work on embracing my psychic and medium gifts and sharing them with the world
* The lack of space for folks of color in the spiritual world and how problematic this can be
* How my spiritual journey got started and how it was actually my first form of decolonization
* Why it is so deeply important to embrace ALL of our identities
* The MOST IMPORTANT thing y…
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Nov 27, 2020
014: Revolutionary Leadership w/ Nisha Moodley
Patriarchy tells you that you’re not good enough. Capitalism says you’re not educated enough. These societal narratives are a lie - but they could be holding you back from being the leader that your community deserves. On today’s episode, I talk with beautiful soul and integrative leadership coach Nisha Moodley about how to change the conversation around leadership so you can embrace who you are and become the revolutionary leader you are truly capable of being.
We dive into:
* What integrative leadership really means and how she came to focus on leadership in her practice
* The importance of embracing pleasure instead of restriction
* What holds a lot of folks back from becoming revolutionary leaders
* Why you should NOT be relating self worth and boundaries with caring less for your people
* The MOST IMPORTANT thing your leadership has to have to be truly revolutionary
* What you need to release to embrace the role of leader in your life
* The harm of internaliz…
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Nov 19, 2020
013: Is Your Revolutionary Vision 20/20?
Here’s the truth. For us folks who are socialized as women and femmes of color, we are taught to distrust ourselves and what we want. But If you want to do business differently, you have to have a clear, revolutionary vision. On today’s episode, I take you through how you can develop and cultivate a revolutionary vision so you can live your best black life and create a business that truly serves you and your community.
I’m digging into:
* The BIGGEST way to build a solid foundation for your revolutionary business
* How to avoid letting capitalism and the patriarchy pollute your vision
* The MOST IMPORTANT thing to focus on when developing your vision
* One of the biggest problems with grinding and hustling to get to your goal (and what to do instead!)
* Taking aligned action and releasing judgment of yourself
* What to do if focusing on YOU is feeling selfish
* The MOST ESSENTIAL skill to have in your toolbox to be able to run a revolutionary business and lead a l…
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Nov 12, 2020
012: All Things Inclusive Marketing with Hannah Martin
As women of color entrepreneurs it can be difficult to build community and sell authentically while fighting against the systems of oppression that try to bring us down. That’s why we’re done with traditional marketing and capitalist bullshit. So, what are we doing instead? On today’s episode, I talk to Inclusive Marketing Coach Hannah Martin about how she coaches women and femmes of color to dismantle these harmful systems, build community to support them, and run more successful and grounded businesses.
We dive into:
* What inclusive marketing is and how Hannah uses it
* How you can create a safe and empowering space for the people you want to serve
* Being misidentified as an anti-racist educator and why the distinction is so important
* The need for transparency in business and why it’s so important for our communities
* How Hannah is participating in the revolution as a non black POC
* The feminine energy of sustainability and releasing the fast growth expect…
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Nov 3, 2020
011: Thriving During Stressful Times
I want to invite you to take some rest. Give yourself the permission to take care of YOU. It’s been a crazy year, my dear, and I am here to remind you that how we approach stressful times is deeply important. Join me on today’s episode as I take you through the tools I use to navigate during difficult times and that you can use too, to thrive even when you aren’t feeling good about what’s going on in the world around you.
I’m digging into:
* What to do if you are looking for peace and ease during difficult times
* How you can navigate feelings of fear without resistance
* Creating the practical tools you need to support you through hard times
* What thriving behaviors are and how to cultivate them in your life
* Why it’s okay to step away during tough times and why it’s so important
* Reconnecting with the vision for your day and an easy tool to help you do it!
* And more!
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Oct 29, 2020
010: Healing Your Inner Child to Heal Your Business w/ Mariela De La Mora
Want to shatter that glass ceiling or simply hold a safe, valuable space for the people in your community all while staying in your power as a woman or femme of color? The stories that you have been told since childhood may be holding you back. On today’s episode I talk to conscious business and leadership coach and mentor for women of color, Mariela De La Mora. We’re digging into the concept of reparenting and how important reframing how we see leadership and connecting to your true self is to running a revolutionary business.
We dive into:
* How Mariela shows up as a coach and why doing it consciously is so important to her
* What challenged her most in her marketing career and why it led to the most growth in her life and business
* The importance of turning inward to become a better leader
* What reparenting is and how you can benefit from this process to become a better leader and business owner
* How and when we develop a “role self” and why it’s so importan…
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Oct 22, 2020
009: Honoring Your Humanity in Business
Raise your hand if someone has fed you this bullshit - if your business isn’t growing, it’s dying.
Here’s the truth honey, we can liberate ourselves from these oppressive capitalist systems and run our business as the fullest version of ourselves - without that hussle! Tune in to today’s episode as I drop some gems about how you can be running a revolutionary business with full self-trust all while honoring your humanity.
I’m digging into:
* What being fully expressed in your business really means
* The mindset shit that could be holding you back from showing up as your authentic self
* How I released the idea that I needed to grind to scale my business
* What it means to liberate ourselves from ideals of perfection and success
* The BIGGEST myth they are selling you about your running your business
* My decolonization journey and how colonization could be affecting you and your business
* Some important questions to ask yourself if you feel like you’ve bee…
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Oct 15, 2020
008: Business Does Not Equal Capitalism w/ Toi Smith
How do you show up in your business as a femme of color? We have been socialized to interact in business in a certain way and sometimes that means we bring the corporate bullshit with us. On today’s show I bring growth and impact strategist Toi Smith on to talk about the capitalist structure, holding space for black women and mothers, and the long game of seeing change for our communities.
We dive into:
* Being a black woman and single mother in business
* How Toi stays optimistic with the understanding that change is a long game
* The development and divine timing of her community, Business for the People
* Why being in business does not have to mean you are a capitalist
* How the online business formula created by white men can be very triggering for folks of color
* Why Toi believes balance in life and business is an illusion
* The romanticism of community and why it takes work to create a safe space
* Distinguishing your financial needs and releasing shame aroun…
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Oct 8, 2020
007: Building Nourishing Communities
Today, my dear, I want to talk about community. This is so massively important for all human beings, but especially for us as folks of color. On today’s show, I take you through the steps I’ve taken to build intentionally nourishing communities and how you can use these tools to not only create your own community, but show up vulnerably so it feels really good for you and the members of your space.
I’m digging into:
* Why it’s so important to be specific about who you want in your space
* How I bring curious energy to my community and why this can breed engagement in your community too!
* Why community agreements are so important and the ONE thing you need to do make sure they are clear to the group
* Acknowledging sisterhood wounds and how you can make your group feel safe and held
* The MOST IMPORTANT thing you can do when first starting your group that will set it up for success
* A practical first step to building engagement in your community
* The ONE thing…
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Oct 1, 2020
006: Your Body Has The Answers with Kelsey De Brusinis
We are not talking about embodiment work enough, ya’ll! And this does WOC entrepreneurs a deep disservice. On today’s show, I invite Kelsey De Brusinis to talk to us about her work as a Trauma-Informed Psychosomatic Embodiment Coach & Emotional Release Bodyworker. We get deep into releasing hidden forces of stress, why this work is so important for WOC entrepreneurs, and how you can drop into your body to show up more authentically in your business and get to that next level!
We dive into:
* The importance and necessity of embodiment work for WOC entrepreneurs
* Recalibrating your nervous system so that you can attract more of what you want to your business
* The BIGGEST thing embodiment work requires you to do (and why it’s so important)
* Kelsey’s healing journey and how she shows up differently in her life because of her work
* Her advice for women dealing with trauma getting in the way in their life and business
* Why Kelsey is CANCELLING the word resilience (…
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Sep 24, 2020
005: Dismantling the Hustle Mentality
Today I’m talking honestly about something I am really fucking sick of. The crazy obsession that the entrepreneurship community has about the rapid scaling of your business hasn’t been working for a lot of us and this narrative can be specifically hard for women and femmes of color. Releasing the idea that you need to grind and hustle to grow your business can be really hard, but here’s what I know - if you are focusing on profit first, you are not leading the revolutionary business you want! I am SO over talking about business growth over our mental wellness, honey; so let’s do it in a way that’s sustainable.
I’m digging into:
* How I let go of the hustle in my own business, and how you can too so that you can scale your business in a way that feels aligned, revolutionary, and sustainable!
* The important realization I had about my own scaling goal and why the shit they are feeding you in the white-dominant business world could be holding you back.
* Why your busin…
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Sep 15, 2020
004: Rewriting The Script through Community & Chilling w/ Nadia De Ala
Representation matters honey! And finding a community where you can serve and be served as a woman of color - it can change the game! On today’s show, I invite my business and real life bestie Nadia De Ala to speak about her two businesses that support WOC and how she was able to claim women of color in tech as her niche and help bring the magic of coaching to her community.
We dive into:
* How Nadia’s identity as a straight cis woman and daughter of Filipino immigrants shapes her and the way she serves her clients.
* How she found permission to claim WOC in tech as her niche and the lack of WOC coaches in the business space.
* The power of representation and how it can help you thrive in your business!
* Why Nadia built her business from a place of service and community (and how you can too!)
* The role equal energy exchange plays in negotiations and why this is so important.
* Losing her way in the tech world and how she reconnected with activism and her community t…
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Sep 1, 2020
003: The Foundations of A Revolutionary Message
If you’re ready to speak your bold and revolutionary truth, you’ve gotta start with a good foundation, gorgeous! Today I’m sharing the MOST IMPORTANT foundational element you don’t wanna miss so that you can build and own a powerful, unapologetic message that integrates your identity as a woman or femme of color.
I’m digging into:
* The bullshit training we’ve been given as folks of color that’s actually working against you as an entrepreneur… and why you need to unwind that shit RIGHT NOW
* How to have a bold, unapologetic message (it starts with this ONE THING!)
* The deep trust you need to develop in yourself
* Questions you need to ask yourself to show up as the beautifully fucking perfect version of yourself that you are
* Why it’s so important to show up fully and authentically in your message
* What you DO and DON’T need to worry about to create something revolutionary
* What having a bold and revolutionary message IS and ISN’T truly about…
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Sep 1, 2020
002: Choosing Yourself & Liberation with Weeze Doran
Think showing up in my business boldly and unapologetically has come naturally or simply for me? Nope! I’ve been inspired by other amazing and revolutionary WOC, and one of the biggest influences for me has been Weeze Doran. I’m so excited to have her on the show today, sharing with us the story of her own journey to choose herself and liberation and how it helped her to create a truly revolutionary life and business.
We’re diving into:
* How Weeze became the Weeze she is today and overcame the socializations she grew up with
* Her own decolonization journey
* The importance of self-care and allowing yourself to be human, especially now!
* How her parents influenced her spark towards liberation
* The life changing realization she had as her marriage ended
* What she sacrificed to take charge of her liberation
* How she chose an “unknown version of me” over something “safe” and “right”
* Why community is so important in your own liberation journey
*…
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Sep 1, 2020
001: My Journey To Revolutionary
Ready to exit the White entrepreneur cookie-cutter mold and start doing life and business in revolutionary ways? If you’re ready to do business in a soul-aligned way and have been eager for a podcast created exclusively FOR women and femmes of color like you BY a WOC, you are not going to want to miss this pilot episode. It’s my love letter to you, honey!
I’m digging into:
* The SINGLE most important lesson I’ve learned about proof
* What to ask yourself if you’re looking at doing a hard thing
* My journey from growing up a “weird Black kid” who struggled to fit in with either the White or Black community, to learning how to show up as unapologetically myself and claiming WOC
* The suffocating experience that made me take the terrifying but intuitively aligned leap to niche down to only serve women and femmes of color and what it’s done for me and my business
* What it takes to continue to be bold and unapologetic in my business, and why you should be bold a…
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