Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along with us!Danielle Desir, a badass podcaster and entrepreneur, embarks on a journey of self-discovery and growth, challenging herself to take risks, step out of her comfort zone, and color outside the lines to achieve success. Danielle Desir is a personal finance and travel podcaster, founder of Women of Color Podcasters, and full-time entrepreneur. She is passionate about creating safe spaces for women of color to share their stories and find the courage to step into their true selves.

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along with us!In this podcast, Martha Cristina Garza, a Mexican immigrant, jewelry designer, and powerful brand strategist, must navigate trusting herself and others through a transformational year of self-discovery and growth to build magnetic and reflective brands. Martha Cristina Garza is a Mexican-American entrepreneur and brand strategist based in Brooklyn. She is the founder of her own brand strategy consulting firm, where she works with a team of incredible women to help clients build magnetic brands that reflect their brilliance. She is also a jewelry designer and metalsmith.

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along with us!Join me on today’s episode of Headphones and Crayons as I explore how to build trust and create an atmosphere of safety and vulnerability for authentic conversations with Anna DeShawn, a streaming platform creator who centers and celebrates Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and Queer Trans People of Color (QTPOC). Anna shares her story of rediscovering trust, both in her life and business, and the importance of creating safe spaces for vulnerable conversations. Anna DeShawn dives into the different layers of trust, from superficial to deep, and how we can actively prioritize trust-building. Get ready to learn, color, and reflect on the power of trust. Let the exploration begin.

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along!We are back! In this episode, we use color as a comparison for life, for the journeys we take and how we make sense of them. I invite you to color along with me as we explore primary colors and how they represent the three questions we should ask ourselves every day. Join me as I dive deeper into: How primary colors be used as a comparison for life and journeysThe "Saucer Rule", what it is, and how can it help usThe importance of “kinesthetic immersion” when learning new information. 

Well 2022, the time has come to say farewell. But wow, what a beautiful year of life, lessons, and COLOR!   Tune in to today's episode, the last of the year 2022 to hear: My journey of creating Headphones and Crayons the podcast and what I learned along the way, My reflections on the year's guests and what they have taught me, The 3 lessons I am taking with me as I enter 2023,  And so much more. I wish everyone a safe and reflective entry into the New Year. Happy coloring <3   Connect with me Podcast website:  www.headphonesandcrayons.com Coloring Community: www.colorfulcrew.com Follow me on Instagram: @headphonesandcrayons

To uncover is to unfold. To be in alignment and be vulnerable. Life is all about Discovery. Discovering who we are, what matters to us, and how we exist in the world. Today I am honored to welcome our last guest of the season: Mai-kee Tsang. Mai-kee Tsang is a creative entrepreneur and podcaster who believes that together we make a brighter space. Mai-kee is passionate about helping people become more visible in a safer manner, in a way that honors their humanity, their capacity, their intersections, and their identities. Tune in for a beautiful conversation between Mai-kee and I as we take a colorful journey through what it means to discover your life, your purpose, and who you truly are.  Meet the Artist: Mai-kee Tsang Mai-kee Tsang is The Sustainable Visibility® Mentor, Certified Trauma-Sensitive Leadership Coach & Podcast Guesting Strategy Trainer. Mai-kee helps underestimated & underrepresented humans in business to take an intersectional & trauma-sensitive approach to visibility so they can feel safer expanding their comfort zone, as they become more visible to grow their impact-fueled businesses.   Listen in as Mai-kee shares: Their journey to uncovering and aligning The importance of feeling safe in order to show up authentically The lifelong journey of discovery that is available to everyone And so much more.   Connect with Mai-kee: Website and Coaching Program: Maikeetsang.com Podcast: The Quiet Rebels Podcast Find Mai-kee on Instagram   Connect with me Podcast website:  www.headphonesandcrayons.com Coloring Community: www.colorfulcrew.com Follow me on Instagram: @headphonesandcrayons Connect via LinkedIn: Nikita Burks-Hale

Confidence is one of those things that can be hard to navigate, sticky even. We live in a society that is constantly asking us to “show up as our best selves” while simultaneously making us feel like we are not enough. So how can we as business owners, as people find the strength and courage to show up and say “this is me, take it or leave it”. How can we find success in our businesses, AND in our lives? I am a firm believer in the gradual becoming of things. Taking time and easing yourself in. People tend to think that amplifying your voice is all about being loud,but this is not the case. I believe amplification can be and look like whatever you choose. Today’s guest has found a way to amplify her voice and that of the passionate women around her. Join the fiery Hannah Pillow and I for an amazing conversation on amplification, confidence and giving ourselves grace. Tune in to hear Hannah share more about the importance of letting things happen when they need to happen, how she is navigating grief, and why in her experience, nothing is ever nothing.   Meet the Artist: Hannah Pillow Hannah Pillow is a podcast producer and podcaster currently living in the United Kingdom. Known as the podcast whisperer, she is the founder of WildFire Purpose Production. A Podcast Production company that aims to serve passionate, powerful and heart-led women of color who are creating meaningful change in their industries. Wildfire Purpose Productions provides White Glove launch services and podcast production that helps purpose-led entrepreneurs create and launch their podcasts so that they can showcase their expertise, amplify their visibility, and be the catalyst for greater change. Hannah is a lover of animation and can often be found rocking her fiery red locks à la Ariel from The Little Mermaid.   Listen in as Hannah Shares: More on her journey to reclaiming her confidence Her relationship with her Grief and what it has taught her Advice to  those looking to launch a podcast: On surrendering to things taking time How her ability to shift course has pushed her further in her journey Her views on “failure” and what it can teach us How she is making room for more fun in her life Why she believes that every moment in our life matters (and how the journey always lead us to something greater)   Connect with Hannah: Find out more about Wildfire Purpose Production Follow them on Facebook Find Hannah on Facebook   Connect with me

We’ve had so many conversations about the journey, about what it takes to live a whole, fulfilling and aligned life. As many of you folks have found, the journey often includes a lot of “work”. It’s easy to get caught up in what we think the “work” should look like, in how the journey should unfold. But often we aren’t taught to surrender to ease or to do the work sustainably. Like many things in life, it all boils down to what works for you. What does making space for ease look like for you? What does success feel like to you? What about sustainability? As humans we often encounter the conundrum of “just being” mainly because letting in and trusting ease can be one of the hardest things to do, and as women and  entrepreneurs we are taught that hard work is the only way to success. But often the societal ideas behind the concept of hard work ask us to grind and push and take us farther and farther away from a life of ease, sustainability and authenticity. Today’s guest is someone that is learning the value of slowing down, being intentional and prioritizing the inner work. Join Carly Jo Bell and I as we color and journey together and talk all things sustainability. Tune in to hear more about what it takes to create an easy and sustainable life and business, the value of giving ourselves space to be whole and why sustainability always makes space for things to shift with time.   Meet the Artist: Carly Jo Bell Carly Jo Bell is an authentic business coach, podcaster, cat mom and plant lover based in sunny Los Angeles, California. Carly is passionate about helping big-hearted entrepreneurs like you show up authentically, stand out confidently, and communicate clearly. Carly is proof that you can have a big heart and make bank from your biz and through her business WholeCo Media, she teaches entrepreneurs how to make more sales easily (without icky tactics), so they can finally create sustainable success in their businesses. After nearly two years of trying to grow her business without much success, Carly took a step back, scrapped everything and decided to play to her strengths giving us the WholeCo motto: “look external for ideas, but internal for answers.” Through her work with WholeCo media and her podcast, Selling Chocolate, Carly hopes to empower entrepreneurs like you to carve your own path by only doing what feels good.   Listen in as Carly Shares: The one factor that makes doing the external strategic work for your business easier Why hard work isn’t the opposite of ease More on her commitment to living a whole life and being a whole human Why “good enough” is always going to be subjective Lessons from therapy: why it is okay to be wounded How we can empower the people we serve as entrepreneurs Her views on sustainability and why it comes down to tiny shifts How to find the magic in your life and business   Connect with Carly: Learn more about

As travelers on this journey, there comes a time when we are called to step into our power. But what does this look like when we find that society already has a notion of what power and leadership are? This "friction" results in us finding ourselves embodying power in a way that feels inauthentic. Personally and transparently, it took me a long time to realize that my true power and my voice come from me living in my full truth. I speak about my experiences in a way that feels good for me and that is enough. This journey of embodying one's power is uncomfortable and can bring up a lot of emotions, but what if we could make room for what comes? What if the sensations we experience were meant to be felt and released? Today’s guest is someone that has truly leaned in and explored her source of power and how it shows up. Join Alexia Vernon and I for a beautiful conversation on tapping into the power of your voice. Tune in to hear more about her business and mission in life: ‘Step into Your Moxie®’, her childhood and how it has influenced her ability to use her voice, and why her greatest desire is to give permission for different styles of leadership and communication to feel validated and worthy.   Meet the Artist: Alexia Vernon Alexia Vernon is a sought-after speaker, coach, consultant and media contributor based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whether she is keynoting a conference, leading a spotlight speaker coaching program or delivering her Step into Your Moxie® curriculum, her work is showing entrepreneurs, business leaders, consultants and change makers how to fall (back) in love with their voices. Alexia believes that heart-centered, high impact communication and unshakeable stage presence is more about the inner work than it is about finding the right words. Therefore, she dedicates her life to teaching women entrepreneurs how to walk into any room, any conversation, at any stage and unapologetically speak up for themselves and the issues they believe in. Alexia is the author of Step into Your Moxie: Amplify Your Voice Visibility, and Influence in the World. She is the creator and leader of multiple speaker training programs and has delivered transformational keynotes and corporate trainings for Fortune 500 companies and professional associations. She has spoken at the United Nations, delivered a TEDx talk on the future of feminism, and been featured by media including CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Inc., and Women’s Health. She is a mom and runs her business, Alexia Vernon Empowerment, LLC, with her partner in business and in life, Stephen Oliveira.   Listen in as Alexia shares: Why she is no longer looking for work-life balance (and what works instead) How her voice has shifted over the last 18 months and why she believes this is her super power Why stagefright is about more than just speaking The profound experience that taught her the importance of standing in her truth  More on how Trauma influences how we show up in the world How we can learn to play nice with difficult sensations (and why the sensation is not the problem) Lessons she has learned on her purpose and surrendering control: why letting go of contr

What does justice mean to you? What does it look like for us to harness the power we have to shift our culture? The great Dr. Cornel West once said, “Justice is what love looks like in public”. As a black woman, as a person of color, the pursuit of justice and a more fair and equitable world is something that I fight for. There is no chance of opting out, it is my real life. Justice means different things to each of us but, I think that we can agree that it requires love. Justice requires that we hold up the contrast all around us and that we hold space for humanity, both our own and the humanity of those around us. It is indeed a journey, but one that I believe we must all make. Today’s coloring session is special as I am joined by the passionate Kelly Diels. Join Kelly and I for a vulnerable conversation on justice and making space for joy. Tune in to hear more about the moment that led to Kelly dedicating herself to “this love work”, how she is finding space to pursue her joy, and why she believes there is no such thing as falling behind.   Meet the Artist: Kelly Diels Kelly Diels is a Feminist Business Consultant, educator, thinker, writer, mama, lover and fighter living in the unceded territories of the Stó:lō Nation. Kelly describes herself as a coach for culture makers and works with people that are trying to shape the world and to dismantle all forms of oppression using whatever resources they have available to them. She’s here to raise awareness about how the business-as-usual formulas we learn everywhere actually reproduce oppression and she develops and teaches alternate, feminist marketing tools to help us do it differently. Kelly’s business is based on three tenets, to help culture makers personally get out of shame and into power and use it to change EVERYTHING, professionally grow a business that makes money and justice, and politically co-create a future in which we all flourish.   Listen in as Kelly Shares: Why it is important that we hold contrast together What we can learn from releasing the fear of falling behind (and why it doesn’t exist) The rapture moment that urged her to use her voice for change How she has decided to use her power and privilege to fight for justice Why it is important that we feel for each other and how this opens us up to our own humanity Ways that she is learning to pursue joy and self-care even when doing heavy work Her mediations of happiness and joy and why it is okay to like what we like Why we don’t need to earn happiness More on the role of unity and community in shifting culture Connect with Kelly: Learn more about Kelly and her wonderful work on her website Follow her on Twitter: