Welcome to Open Heart,
Raw Story, The Podcast.

On this episode, Jennifer interviews someone who she considers is motivation in a bottle, Davon Livingston. Davon is the CEO & Founder of Lose-N-Tone Total Body Sculpting & Nutrition with over 14 years of experience. He is also a wellness coach and entrepreneur who is helping other trainers scale their businesses.

Davon talks openly about his childhood growing up in a hardworking working-class family, how he navigated his parents’ divorce and his younger brother’s obstacles to cope with the divorce. And how he found his purpose through fitness, helping his clients along with his community to live better lives both physically and mentally all while being an advocate for therapy, deep introspection and balance.

This episode concludes with a guided meditation focused on the theme of this episode

On this episode, Jennifer interviews the multi-hyphenated powerhouse, Shelly Omi Bell. Shelly is a system disruptor, business strategist, serial entrepreneur and computer scientist with a background in K-12 Education and IP Strategy. She specializes in helping Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, and executives turn great ideas into disruptive strategies to increase revenue. She was named as one of the Top 100 Powerful Women in Business by Entrepreneur Magazine. In addition to her professional career, she is also the founder and CEO of Black Girl Ventures Foundation, a social enterprise that transforms entrepreneurship by reimagining the way black and brown women founders get access to financial and social capital. Shelly talks about her childhood, growing up with a big imagination, with her family in North Carolina, navigating being a mom of two in her younger years and stepping out on faith and determination to start her own business and help other entrepreneurs especially women to find community, support and advice to help their business dreams come true.

On this episode, Jennifer interview someone who is the true definition of living your best life by serving others, Pam Concannon. Pam is a bomb-ass yoga teacher with 5+ years of teaching experience, while being a full-time corporate finance professional. She has also dedicated her life to service, leading over 25 volunteer projects a year ranging from assembling baskets for underserved mothers for Mother’s Day to assembling backpacks full of school supplies for low-income students and even teaches a donation-based class with proceeds going to United We Om.

On this episode, Jennifer interviews another one of her soul sisters, Stephanie Jones, who is the business owner of Studio 1031, a thriving Long Island-based hair salon and owner of Cora Naturals, an all-natural hair and scalp oil company.

On this episode, Jennifer interviews Morgan Brittani, the founder and CEO of Joyday, an organization built to help people find joy in their daily lives by promoting positive mental health. This organization has partnered with brands such as Bumble, Base Butter, and Just Works to provide therapy-led healing sessions to help people cope with racial injustices, COVID-19, and dating to help them find their inner joy since the beginning of the pandemic.

In this episode, Jennifer interviews Ronald Draper, a philanthropist and mixed-media artist who uses his artistry as a vehicle to connect and empower people. He has work with companies such as Starbucks, T-Mobile, and Adidas Original.

On this episode, Jennifer interviews well-accomplished attorney for the U.S Department of Education Ebone Woods.

On this episode, Jennifer interviews someone who is walking happiness and joy, well-known Zumba Fitness Instructor and Health and Wellness Coach, Jasmine Colon

On this episode, Jennifer interviews someone who she admires for his strong musical talent, Anthony Anderson.

On this episode, Jennifer interviews a person who is inspiring people to step into their most authentic expression of themselves, Kevin Walton aka Source Radiance.