Color Your Dreams Podcast
1) 121: How to Lead When You’re "Having a Mid-career (& life) Crisis? What to do."
Do you remember when the American Psychological Association came at us in 2023 and declared that middle age starts at 35? The absolute disrespect…In this episode, I’m talking about the conversations I...Show More
2) 120: How to Lead When You’re “How to Navigate Workplace Politics with AI and EI (Emotional Intelligence)”
What We Cover in This Episode: My turning point internship story that taught me doing great work isn’t enough—you also need to understand workplace culture, politics, and unspoken power dynamics.How ...Show More
3) 119: How to Lead When You’re “THE ONLY”
What We Cover in This Episode: Being “the only” in the room, the only woman, the only woman of color, the youngest person, the only one who thinks differently can be both an honor and a heavy respons...Show More
4) 118: Why You Have an Unhealthy Relationship with Work (The Science Behind It)
What We Cover in This Episode: The science behind why your brain craves busyness (Answer: dopamine)How I’ve been rewiring my busyness cravings (& how you can too)What “rest guilt” really means, and h...Show More
5) 117: 8 Years & 8 Mistakes (So You Don’t Have to Repeat Them)
What We Cover in This Episode: Today, I celebrate 8 years in business, and in true realtalk fashion, I’m keeping it REAL so you don’t have to repeat it. In this episode I’m honest about: Following cop...Show More
6) 116: How to Work Right Now as a Woman of Color Leader Without Betraying Yourself
What We Cover in This Episode: Things are feeling heavy especially as a woman of color navigating work, family and everything else, so how do you even work right now in this chaos without betraying y...Show More
7) 115: My Mid-Year 2025 Check-In: What’s working, what’s not & my predictions
I just ended an incredible May, increasing my revenue by 65%. This month, I’m working on 2 courses for a company and partying a lot. But it’s not what you think, I have kid birthday parties literally ...Show More
8) 114: My 1st Place Pitch Replay from SCMSDC + How I Hit My 2024 Revenue by May
What We Cover in This Episode: Replay + Breakdown of My SCMSDC #1 Pitch (and why that wasn’t even my goal) This episode isn’t just for business owners, it’s for leaders, job seekers, and anyone naviga...Show More
9) 113: Networking Over Followers: My Strategy for Landing Speaking Gigs and Clients
What We Cover in This Episode: I always get asked, ““Elaine, how are you even getting all these speaking gigs and clients when you don’t even have 5,000 followers on IG or LinkedIn!?” Great question....Show More
10) 112: How to Lead Boomers, Gen Z, and Everyone In Between with Jackie Dacanay
“Ugh that generation is so entitled!” But are they really? As Jackie Dacanay shares, “The problem isn’t Gen Z asking so much, it’s not having the conversation early enough.” So how do you lead a team ...Show More