"I almost lost my life" I had to pivot. 

In this episode Brittany has a conversation with Podcast Producer Portia Booker about pivoting and the grief that occurs as a result of the pivot. The conversation went deep into grief and how grief impacts our lives and careers. Portia shares her story of going from a TV Producer for a major network into entrepreneur and the grief that occurred as a result of it. 


About Portia:
Portia Booker, better known as Portia the Producer, is an Award-Winning Journalist, Storyteller, and Podcaster from Cleveland, Ohio. She is the host of Groove with Portia Talk Radio Show and Podcast which airs every Wednesday on WOVU (95.9 FM) to over 90,000 listeners locally. Portia's show features guests who have turned adverse circumstances in their lives into an opportunity. She is also the host on the Soulful Conversations Podcast with Dawn Airhart Witte and Natashah Khan. Portia is the author of Finding Grace within Grief: Her Transition...My Transformation, a personal narrative on how to see the benefits held within the grief process instead of the societal narrative of holding a heavy deficit. Aside from her own book, she is a contributing author in Believe: A Collection of Faith, Hope and Love by Dawn Airhart Witte. Portia is passionate about mental wellness and changing the narrative after dealing with her own struggles of depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. Being prescription medication free for four years, she believes the power of storytelling can help with overcoming mental wellness obstacles. When Portia is away from hosting Groove with Portia, she can be found coaching new or veteran podcasters, attending concerts or festivals, taking photos, listening to audiobooks, visiting museums, hitting the road for a road trip, and walking her furry companion Mr. Fletcher Blaze.

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In this episode Brittany spends time talking to Joanne about her journey from teaching to becoming a copywriter and copy coach. Pivoting looks different for everyone. Listen to Joanne talk about her experience and how she "found copywriting" or maybe copywriting "found her". 



Joanne (she/her), founder of Desk Plant Creatives, is an email copywriter, copy coach, and obsessed storyteller for heart-centered women entrepreneurs and coaches in wellness, well-being, and mindset. With 15 years of experience creating aligned messaging as a former master teacher, her mission is to elevate her clients’ stories to connect, compel, and sell with integrity and impact. She's a momma of two little ones and loves a good cup of chai to fuel her creativity and passion for human-to-human marketing, email-style.

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In this episode Brittany has a conversation with Ucheonye about how she made the pivot from her corporate job after 26 years. Ucheonye and Brittany discuss how being high achievers play a roll in the hesitation to pivot.  During the discussion Brittany and Ucheonye discuss the importance of listening to your body and the signs that a change is needed.  


Ucheonye Maple is a transformational speaker, women’s leadership development specialist and author with 2 decades of industry experience.  She is the founder and Managing Director of Aghaeze-Maple Enterprises, a leadership and personal development training company.  She founded the Women’s Business Accelerator TM , where he helps professional senior level women turn their unique gifts and abilities into a profitable business so they can live the life they want and love the work they do.  

She built the Women’s Business Essentials Starter Kit, a series of online courses guiding emerging women entrepreneurs through the steps of starting a small business.  In 2020, she started the LEAP Forward TVTM , a VLOG platform for thought leaders, change agents and trail blazers who are providing thought provoking conversations to help people leap forward in their lives.

Additionally, she is the author of Better Not Bitter and the co-author of Resilient: The Keys to Being Brilliant.

She travels and has spoken on the topics of transformational leadership, empathy is the new workplace currency and leading in todays marketplace.  

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