Marrica Evans Calahan on The Lie of Imposter Syndrome, The Book that Changed her Life, and Boundaries in Friendship and Business

On this week’s episode, Ashley interviews photographer, content creator, and Story Gang creator Marrica Evans-Calahan about her shift from nursing to photography, how learning about emotional intelligence changed how she sees people, plus she shares insight on how setting boundaries helped her build lasting relationships with her influencer clients who have now become friends.

 

If you’re looking for an intimate look at the joy of leaning into things you love & the value of being a lifelong learner, this episode is for you.

 

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Reflection on 2023 & Hopes for 2024

On this week's episode, Ashley gets vulnerable and talks about the challenges of 2023 in life and career and what got her through, plus three questions you can ask yourself to surmise the year for yourself. She also shares her prayers for 2024 and how what she learned this year prepared her for the year ahead.

TVT: Law & Order SVU Rewatch, My Life with the Walter Boys, & American Fiction

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Fresh Start

On this week’s episode, Ashley talks about the power and importance of a fresh start. She talks about strategies for forming new habits, how to recognize triggers, and why beginning again is sometimes needed to move from where you are to where you want to be.

TVT: Grey’s Rewatch

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Long Term Effects of COVID on Your Career

On this week’s episode, Ashley breaks down an odd phenomenon she’s seeing from high-achieving women and their careers about the long-term effects of COVID. She talks delayed departures, regrets from staying too long, and fear that’s keeping so many women stuck.

TVT: And Just Like That on Max

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Career Fulfillment: Green Flags for Your Career

On this week's episode, Ashley talks about career fulfillment and the green flags that are present when you’re happy in your career. Listen for a mindset shift about fulfillment and settling and how to get to fulfillment if you’re unhappy in your present career. 

TVT: New York Undercover 

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From “Free Advice": To 5 Figure Months-Introducing Mentor Me CEO

On this week’s episode, Ashley makes a MAJOR announcement! Mentor Me CEO, an executive coaching program for professional women in corporate, nonprofit, and educational leadership who want to leverage their industry expertise to launch and grow profitable businesses, is now accepting new mentees! 

 Listen to learn about how Ashley first launched the Mentor Me brand, how she’s helped 100’s of women advance their career through this profitable business, and how she’s now using this framework to help other women do the same. 

Attend “Industry Expert to CEO,” the premier event for high-achieving professional women who want to learn how to use their industry expertise to build a profitable business. Register today at mentor-me.org/ceo

 

TVT: Gilmore Girls Spring Binge

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How I Learned to Trust Myself

On this week’s episode, Ashley gives you a real-time update on how she’s learning to trust herself and her own decision-making and the 4 “tools” she uses to ensure she’s building her “decision” muscle. If you struggle with self-doubt and constant second-guessing, this episode is for you.

 

TVT: Class of 09 & White Men Can’t Jump

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Black Women & Beauty Enhancements

On this week's episode, Ashley discusses how to prepare your life for career changes and interviews La-Tasha Walker, founder of La-Mon'e Aesthetics. La-Tasha started her career as a Cosmetologist focusing on hair and skincare with Elizabeth Arden Salons. After 9 years, she returned to school to pursue her Nursing degree.  La-Tasha has been a Registered Nurse for over 10 years.

 

You can follow La-Tasha on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter

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Garnering Relationships

On this week's episode, Ashley talks about garnering relationships and interviews Kourtney Dubois. Kourtney is a woman of faith, a wife, a daughter, an entrepreneur, a speaker, and a relationship coach. She helps single and married couples rediscover love, communicate more effectively, feel heard, and set purpose-filled goals to continue a healthy and happy relationship.

Follow Kourtney @coachmekourtney

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Where My Confidence Comes From

I often get asked “Ashley, how are you so confident?” or “Where does your confidence come from?” so on this week’s episode I answer that question. Listen for 3 insiders on where my confidence comes from, plus how you can incorporate some of my strategies in your own life 

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360 Feedback

Do you ever have the opportunity to share 360 feedback at work? Where not only is your supervisor evaluating you, sharing areas of improvement and opportunities, but where you’re able to do the same. Listen as Ashley shares her recent experience of sharing feedback and if it’s truly worth it.

 

TVT: Can Bad Moms Be Black?

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Themes of Life

On this week’s episode, Ashley talks themes, abuse, abandonment conformity, dreams, hope, jealousy, regrets, foreignness, love, family, and betrayal both in one of her favorite shows and how this piece of art is imitating life.

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Jealous Much

On this week’s episode, Ashley talks about jealousy. Listen as Ashley shares what makes her jealous and how she works to manage these feelings without letting them overwhelm her.

TVT: Listen to We Were Three Podcast; it will rock your world!

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Having It All

On this week’s episode, Ashley talks marriage, home ownership, babies, and high achieving women's ability to “have it all”. Is it achievable? Is it desirable? And where does your career fit into all of this? Ashley answers these questions and more.

TVT: Domestic Abuse on TV

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Love Habits

In this week’s episode, Ashley is joined by her husband André as they talk about 5 habits that ground their relationship. They discuss how they formed these habits, where the gaps are in habit forming, and one habit that they are forever working to build.

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TVT: East New York-CBS, Jeffrey Dahmer Story-Netflix, Elvis-HBO Max, Blonde-Netflix

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