The Activation Hour with Melissa D. White

In this episode of The Activation Hour, and our new season accepting influence. We have looked at transforming your life, getting our health together, and relationships, but we can't leave out finances. I know what it's like to have big dreams, and big ideas, but who's gonna finance and fund them? My guest today, Ashley Cunningham, is just a phenomenal powerhouse when it comes to setting up your personal and business credit to finance your influence will teach you how to be the bank and be an influencer. Ashley Loveless Cunningham is the CEO of Ashley, The Life Changer, and is often called the lady who leaves nothing on the table. Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. Ashley is a serial entrepreneur. In addition to her running her successful credit repair business, she just recently launched a free teen financial literacy course called, Rising teams. Ashley also has a perfume line called Loveless. She is a three-time author in preparing to launch her very own credit repair software. Y'all this woman is building the empire and financing her influence. Are you ready to finance your influence? Let's get activated. Tune in to this episode. Stay connected with Suzanne on Instagram @ceoashdalifechanger and her website at https://newcreditinc.org To lock in and get all the benefits of this season. Join Ashley's New Credit Inc University - if you are willing and ready to do what it takes to achieve your credit goals. Download your Free Activation Affirmations & Episode Journal Join the Activation Nation Facebook Community and be a part of a supportive community to give you tools to be seen and heard with video, strategy, and coaching Book A Discovery Call for a clear strategy on how to activate your voice and monetize and build a purpose platform Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal. Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting, and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

In this episode, our guest is a dynamic woman who travels the globe while living her best life and helping other people transform. This is one of those conversations you just get really excited about because, for me, it's more than an interview. You ever follow people on social media and that's your homegirl in your head? Alicia Reese is a transformational coach and International speaker. And what I love about her is that she's her authentic self, whether in corporations or just turning up with friends. She is herself, but she knows how to move in different spaces to deliver what people need. And so there's a lot to be learned from someone who can live a life that fully and go through their own transformation to help other people Imagine if your personal life felt as good as your personal success. Increased impact, decreased burnout, and a life that looks good and feels good. Join the conversation with Global Transformation Coach Alechia Reese as we walk you through the steps to transform and Activate the life you want! Stay connected with Alechia Reese on Instagram @alechiaresee and her website at tribe.gotvaluenation.com Full Show notes here To lock in and get all the benefits of this season. Free Download: 5 Toolkit to Transform Challenging Life Experiences  Download your Free Activation Affirmations & Episode Journal Join the Activation Nation Facebook Community and be a part of a supportive community to give you tools to be seen and heard with video, strategy, and coaching Book A Discovery Call for a clear strategy on how to activate your voice and monetize and build a purpose platform Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal. Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting, and media at www.theactivationhour.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Suzanne Nadell is currently the News Director of WSB TV. Since Suzanne's return to the station in 2019, the station has regained its status as America's number one news team. The Station also brought 9 South East regional Emmy Awards, including News Excellence, in 2021. She knows how to use her voice powerfully through the media. She is an Author,  Blogger, Speaker, Mom, and a two-time cancer survivor. Suzanne is a Christian; she loves sharing life lessons learned and helping women juggle it all. In this new season of Activation Hour Podcast - Accepting Influence, we have intentionally brought you guests who live a life of accepting influence and working in purpose while using their voice at work and in the world. I am eager to speak with her to learn more about her story and how she activated her voice to achieve so much influence and find her place in the world. Stay connected with Suzanne on Instagram @suznadell and her website at www.suzannenadell.com. To lock in and get all the benefits of this season. 1. Download your Free Activation Affirmations & Episode Journal 2. Join the Activation Nation Facebook Community and be a part of a supportive community to give you tools to be seen and heard with video, strategy, and coaching 3. Book A Discovery Call for a clear strategy on how to activate your voice and monetize and build a purpose platform Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal. https://melissadwhite03.kartra.com/page/bKy1217 Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting, and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

What would you do if you had a second chance to live? Would you change careers, pursue purpose, write that book, or face your fears? After waking up from a coma and surviving brain surgery at the age of 22, our guest, Dana Wilborn, is not holding back on using her voice to tell her story, write her books and pursue her dreams. She has a testimony of peace in the face of fear, encouraging others, rebuilding her life, and now writing about it to activate others. Tune in to our interview with two time author, award winning chef and influential voice, Dana Wilborn.  Learn more about Dana Wilborn & purchase her books A Phoenix Rising and A Recipe for Disaster  Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Imagine showing up as your authentic self in every area of your life at work, home, business, marriage, and ministry and not having to compartmentalize who you are.  What if you had the tools to build lasting relationships in all of these areas and can use the power to serve as your full self daily?   Well, our guest, Rommel Anacan, is the perfect person to chat with about living a highly activated life and building relationships that make a difference. Rommel is the perfect powerful mix of coaching, speaking, ministry, and more! Listen in as we discuss the impact of "Becoming The Blend."    Connect with Rommel at https://www.rommelanacan.com/ Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Tips on flexible work for women and how to advocate for yourself at work. Every woman deserves professional achievement without compromise, and our guest, Delphine Carter, CEO of Boulo Solutions is here to help us advocate and create more opportunities for women at work.  Women have felt a significant impact in the workforce in balancing caring for families and remote work. A new challenge is on the rise as we return to work in a way that greatly affects women who are mothers, caregivers, or in need of flexible work options.  Flexible work for women leads to a better, more sustainable work environment for everyone.   Tune in for "Advocating for Women at Work" with Delphine Carter.   Connect with Delphine & the team at Boulo Solutions at https://boulosolutions.com/ Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Das Media Group CEO and Founder Shinjini Das advocates and creates space for her #GoGetters through real-time motivational media content marketing. She empowers 15 Million go-getters a month across her social media platforms to go get their goals. Featured guest, Shinjini Das, CEO of The Das Media Group, shares with us how to become a digital entrepreneur during the pandemic and how this positions you to serve others as an answer in the marketplace.   Connect with #GoGetter Shinjini Das at  https://www.unapologeticallyshinjini.... Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

A "People Pleaser" is defined as "a person who has an emotional need to please others often at the expense of his or her own needs or desires."  In this episode, we are speaking to Certified Life Coach, Kamini Wood and sharing the importance of exposing and Recovering from People Pleasing through unlearning and identify that self worth does not come from others but by implementing things such as forgiveness, self compassion and gratitude. Tune in for the 5 Signs You Might Be A People Pleasure and How to Recover.   Connect with our guest, Coach Kamini Wood at https://www.kaminiwood.com/  Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

You Are Not A Fraud: Managing the Imposter Syndrome. The Imposter syndrome is "a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success" as defined by the Harvard Business Review. "'Imposters' experience feelings of self-doubt and a sense of intellectual fraudulence that can cancel out feelings of success or external proof of their competence." Feeling like a "fraud" in our work is a behavior we must unlearn to truly step into purpose at work and in the world with full confidence.  Tune in as our guest, Vanessa Parker, helps us in Managing  the Imposter Syndrome!   Connect with our guest, Vanessa Parker at https://pinkboss.com/  Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

In the midst of a pandemic and volatile race relations, many companies and leaders are reevaluating how we work and engage with teams for them to feel physically, mentally and emotionally safe. This season requires us to "unlearn" what normal was and create a new environment of empathy and understanding while still producing.  Deborah represents a multi-faceted combination of success. Ranging from the financial arena in corporate America to writing and speaking, her approached is designed to prompt a rethink of thinking. She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, among many notable accomplishments. Tune in as Deborah helps us in "Unlearning How We Work" so we can corporately come together in a new way. Learn more about Deborah at www.deborahhightower.com.  Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

The first step to "Unlearning" old mindsets is self-awareness. Tune in for my conversation with Valerie M. Sargent- National Speaker, Emotional Intelligence Strategist, Executive Consultant, Multifamily Expert, EQ Executive Coach, and Award-Winning Business Leaders.  Valerie is a Level I and Level II TalentSmart Emotional Intelligence (EI/EQ) Certified Trainer. As an Emotional Intelligence Strategist, she is able to expertly help your employees increase their EQ, managing their emotions and relationships better on the job for maximum performance. Increasing EQ is exceptionally important now not only for Self-Awareness, but to increase our social awareness and relationship management in these uncertain times in society and at work.  She is the President of her own company, Valerie M. Sargent, Inc., and serves as President of Yvette Poole & Associates. Connect with our guest, Valerie M. Sargent at https://valeriemsargent.com/ Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Ownership equals generational wealth! Don't leave your business exposed! Listen as guest, Attorney Ashlee J. Fox shares how to Protect Your Purpose. There are several myths and misinformation on trademarks, copyrights, contracts and legal foundations, and she is helping us "unlearn" the misconceptions about protecting your business. Learn the legal steps you need to protect your purpose.  Owning your name, content, ideas and curricula is a staple in business, yet so few invest in the right protections for your purpose. Connect with our guest, Attorney Ashlee J. Fox at https://www.ashleejfox.com/  Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

In this new episode, I share the 5 "Lessons in Less," a list of 5 things I learned that I need less to more joyfully move through life and live my purpose. This radically transparent episode was recording during one of the most uncertain times in our history where we are all grasping for some stillness, realness and peace. Grasping these 4 new lessons have helped me cope with this season, and I hope they help you too.  Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Listen in on a conversation with Melissa D. White and Celebrity Publicist, Writer & PR Specialist, Melody Johnson- Creator of Melody The Brand. They get transparent about finding your purpose through pain and staying true to your message. To “Be The Brand,” you must first clearly define who you are and build a solid reputation. Hear Melody’s story of building her brand as a working mompreneur and becoming THE brand behind other top influencers in placing them in the right platforms for media and exposure. Tune in & Get Activated! Learn more about Coaching & Consulting with The Activation Hour. Visit our website for a Free 30-Minute Coaching Call Today! Download The Activation Money Map, a digital accountability tool and business planner to help you generate ideas for growing revenue through partnerships, packaging and leveraging social media.  Visit www.theactivationhour.com Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Sit in on a conversation with Melissa D. White and Audra Lamoon, CEO of UK based Livewire Performance as they get open an honest about finding the right fit in partnerships, incorporating purpose, and balancing self care and rewards for hard work. Although from completely different worlds, they have more in common than you think. Tune in & Get Activated! Guest Website: www.livewireperformance.com    Want to journal with me and take action on today's episode? Get a free copy of the Activation Hour Episode Journal Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel!  Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Melissa D. chats with content curator and lifestyle apparel brand creator, Anthony Hezekiah, Founder of Living Our Ridiculous Dreams (L.O.R.D.S.) Brand Apparel about why creating content with meaningful context and posting with a purpose (and a plan) are essential to your brand.  Guest Website: www.lordsislife.com Download The Activation Money Map, a digital accountability tool and business planner to help you generate ideas for growing revenue through partnerships, packaging and leveraging social media.  Visit www.theactivationhour.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Melissa D. dives right into the inaugural episode with candid commentary on the mental block of entering the marketplace. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Imagine spending days in the wilderness with God and coming out ready to walk in purpose using your voice across countries and even the United Nations. Beijing Rogers is equipping the next generation through education, leadership, faith, and community as the founder of her nonprofit, It's Our Time and as a Life Coach to youth and parents around the world. Join me for a live interview with Humanitarian, Coach & Youth Advocate, Beijing Rodgers. Learn more about Beijing at https://www.coachingwithbeijing.com/ To lock in and get all the benefits of this season. 1. Download your Free Activation Affirmations & Episode Journal https://melissadwhite03.kartra.com/page/bKy1217 2. Book A Discovery Call with Melissa https://hello.dubsado.com/public/form... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

Welcome to another season of The Activation Hour to activate your voice and been seen and heard at work at in the world!  This is the season of "Accepting Your Influence" and we've created tools to create community, hands on tools, and Activation Affirmations to help you stay activated after each episode.  To lock in and get all of the benefits of this season 1. Download your Free Activation Affirmations & Episode Journal 2. Join the Activation Nation Facebook Community and be a part of a supportive community to give you tools to seen and heard with video, strategy and coaching 3. Book A Discovery Call for clear strategy on how to activate your voice and monetize and build a purpose platform --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support

In this episode, we are joined by Author and Therapist, Giovanna Burgess Geathers, as she shares principles from her newly released book "Epiphany: A Journey of Self Discovery." Self work is an inside-out job that requires necessary reflection and adjustments. It is not easy work, but essential for us to have the real essence of the lives we are meant to have. Learn more about our guest, Giovanna Geathers at  http://giovannageathers.com/  Learn more & work with Melissa at  www.theactivationhour.com Watch video interviews on our YouTube Channel! Visit The Activation Hour for more on coaching, consulting and media at www.theactivationhour.com Be An Activation Sponsor https://bit.ly/ActivationSponsor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissadwhite/support