In this episode, the founder of the 7-figure, award-winning digital download store The Contract Shop, Christina Scalera, takes us through how to create a great online shop, her opinion on selling digital downloads vs courses, how to price your services, how to turn your service-based business into an online store, and so much more!

In this re-released episode, we talk about a slightly controversial topic, namely, the value of a wife. Lately we’ve read several articles about the benefits for husbands to have a wife at home or at least in a position where she is still primarily responsible for childcare and the emotional labor that takes place in families. As feminists and entrepreneurs, we felt that it was important to invite this conversation into our community because there still is not enough change happening in this area.

Brig Johnson is a full-time life and mindset coach with a mission: helping high-achieving Black women work through their internalized biases, manage their emotions, and unlock their full potential. In this week’s episode, Brig breaks down how she self-coached her way to her big career switch by practicing empathy, being confident in her capability to learn new skills, and creating self-sufficiency. She also talks about the power that comes with acceptance, her ever-evolving business niche, and the philosophy that finally led her to pull the trigger and make that big, bold career change.

Sarah K. Peck is a force of nature. She’s the founder of Startup Parent — a company that focuses on the narratives we share (and more importantly, those we don’t) about work, parenting, and motherhood. She’s also the host of the award-winning Startup Parent podcast where she chats with incredible women about business and parenting.

In today’s episode, Sarah talks about her employment history and how she transitioned to entrepreneurship, how she navigated parenting in an uber busy startup environment, the importance of representing diversity of experiences, and so much more!

Most of us have been in debt at some point in our lives. Despite that, debt is still associated with shame. We’ve been socialized to believe that our debt is something we need to be ashamed of, that there’s something inherently wrong with us if we have to pay off loans. Which means we treat debt like a dirty secret. And it’s something we never talk about. In today’s episode, we’re sharing our own experiences with debt, what we learned from having to pay off 6 figures in student loans, why we think debt can be a good thing, and more!

Sadie Nardini is an absolute force. She’s the founder of Core Strength Vinyasa (CSV) Yoga and The Yoga Shred, both of which have brought big, beautiful changes to the contemporary yoga game. She was one of the first yogis to take training to YouTube, currently runs the Fit and Fierce Club, and just when you think she can’t get any cooler - she’s also the lead singer of her band Sadie & The Tribe.

In this week’s episode, Sadie gets into the nitty-gritty of how she kick-started her career as a fitness creator, her entry into the yoga scene of New York after moving from Seattle, and the exact moment she chose to embrace herself over what she was expected to be as a yogini.

Back in February, we discovered an amazing article on Medium titled ‘Underrepresented Founders are Merely Collateral Damage’. After spending 13 minutes reading it (with our jaws hanging open), we immediately reached out to our podcast team. We knew we HAD to have Daisy Onubogu, the author of the article, on And She Spoke. Tune into today’s episode to learn more about Daisy’s efforts in understanding, tackling, and changing the diversity issue in VC (aka, the business world’s giant elephant in the room). She discusses everything from WHO benefits from the VC system (don’t we all know the answer to this one?), WHY our current methods of dealing with the diversity problem aren’t really yielding results, and HOW we can actually move forward.

The hosts know from experience that it is unrealistic to expect everyone to like you and the work you are doing all the time—so in this episode, Sandy and Jeni offer a healthier way to think about criticism, supporters, and success.

In this episode, we speak with Kristin Neff. As a self-compassion research pioneer and author of two books about self-compassion, Kristin speaks about how self-compassion is the key to happiness and the importance of being kind not only to others but more importantly, to yourself.

Melinda started her career as an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a passion for social change. She is now channeling her passion into solving the diversity issue in tech (and tech-adjacent fields) through her work as a strategic advisor to tech companies and startups, venture capital firms, innovation hubs, and governments around the world.

In this episode, you’ll hear about how Melinda left filmmaking for tech, how the tech industry came to be this way, and how we can change it. She explains the challenges and biases embedded within the venture capital model and how underrepresented identities are still being held to much higher standards.

Naketa is considered the number one balance and relationship advisor globally, a licensed clinical social worker whose expertise in trauma and psychotherapy has informed the basis of her professional career over the past 25 years. Her company, ThigPro, advises couples on having a happy marriage while also growing a business. One of the keys to success? Women need to work on their relationship with themselves before deepening their relationship with their partners.

Your Path to Wealth: Is it Blocked? The way women think and feel about money is deeply influenced by our culture and society. We are held back by the generalizations society has labeled us with — women need to scrimp and save while men can (and should) build and acquire wealth. The effect this has on us has become deeply ingrained. We still hear it from many women. We still hear it in our communities. In this very personal episode, we talk about the past and the present of women and money. We speak our minds about the contrast between how men and women are socialized and how to break the cycle. The Mindset shifts needed to generate wealth and abundance mindset, the real cost of over-thinking your expenses, the importance of investing in yourself, and more.

Martha Beck, New York Times bestselling author, a speaker, and a life coach, shares about how social pressure can be a benevolent problem for entrepreneurs – “it’s forcing us to find ourselves”. We delve into what we can learn about mentorship from the hero’s saga, and how committing to your integrity can be a force for social change. Finally, the vital importance of self-care, which Martha sees as a radical action.

Veneé McGee, a "Spiritual activator” and founder of Ebb & Flow Collective, openly shares about how the past can be used to build up instead of break down your future, how "The Secret" and the "Law of Attraction" turned her life around, and how her healing and spiritual journey paved the way to Ebb and Flow Collective.

In today’s episode, Jennifer and Sandy dive into a conversation with just the two of them about a very exciting announcement. Namastream has officially been rebranded and is now named Marvelous.

In this episode, we speak with Jamia Wilson. Known to many as the "next-generation feminist leader,” Jamia speaks about her responsibility to write stories for the next generation, and about how books shaped her views in her youth and the importance of being able to tell one’s story without persecution.

In this episode, Emilia van Hauen, a Cultural Sociologist, talks about communities, relationships, and human connection in a pandemic, and post-pandemic world.

In this episode, Elizabeth digs into women, voices, stories, and power. She also shares some personal stories, so make sure to stick around until the end to hear her hustle, where she shares a new technique for meditation. Tune in today!

The major reasons women struggle with making confident financial decisions are the patriarchy and debt-shaming culture

We have grown as leaders, and entrepreneurs, and feminists, and as people. We’ve had to change a lot through this year.