Early Accountability
191 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThe Early Accountability Podcast transforms Dreamers into Doers and Visionaries into Victors through goal activation strategies that abandon excuses, jumpstart motivation, and ignite results. Early Accountability Coaching is a specialty focused on helping those who are in the fragile beginning stages of a new endeavor, professional project, lifestyle change, or mindset shift.
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EAP 41 : The Art of Being Mindful
November 05, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast is Ananda Leeke, a mindfulness guru, author, and host of the Thriving Mindfully podcast. Ananda found herself completely wound up by stress and suffering from panic attacks after years spent taking the Bar Exam and working in investment banking and public service. Her therapist recommended that she try mindfulness before resorting to medication, so she began meditating, journaling, and doing yoga, and she found freedom from the str...
EAP 40: Unapologetically Living a Purposeful Life
October 29, 2018 08:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast, we are joined by Kimberly Williams, an entrepreneur and network marketer through Beauty Counter. Kim was in the midst of a career in the corporate world when she found out that her mother was battling an auto-immune disorder. This gave her a new outlook on her life, making her realize that she wanted to be doing something that mattered to her, such as providing safer beauty products to her clients, since there are almost no regulations for ...
EAP 39: Creating a "Work From Anywhere" Lifestyle
October 22, 2018 08:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBLaToya Franks of Avid Innovative Solutions LLC joined us for this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast to talk about her journey to a flexible and fulfilling work life that would allow her to homeschool her daughter. LaToya has experience in call centers, government tax revenue, and security sales, and in all of these professions, she felt stuck in a rigid daily routine just to make ends meet and barely get to spend any time with her daughter. She knew that she needed a change, so she ...
EAP 38: Preparing for a Healthy Marriage While You're Single or Still Dating
October 15, 2018 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBEAP 38: Preparing for a Healthy Marriage While You're Single or Still Dating by Kimi Walker
EAP 37: The ABC’s of Being a Better Citizen
October 08, 2018 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBTodd Parker of Parker Education & Development LLC joins us on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast to discuss using personality mining to build up the climate and culture of schools and small businesses. In a very practical sense, teachers and other professionals cannot do their best work and affect the most change in their students or clients if they do not first understand themselves. By going through a strengths-based assessment and “personality mining” process, individuals gai...
EAP 36: When the Spirit Forces You to Move-Making a Beautiful Melody Out of Life's Unpleasant Noises
October 01, 2018 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast is Lyris Green, a DJ in the Atlanta area. Early on, her dad instilled and encouraged in her a love for music that has remained a passion throughout her life, even when it was not her profession. After her father’s passing, Lyris grew in her relationship with God and she felt that it was time for her to leave her job in public service to be a DJ full-time, grounded in her faith. She now knows that she is exactly where she needs to b...
EAP 35: Strategic Marketing for People Who Serve
September 24, 2018 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast, we are joined by LaShonda Brown, a serial entrepreneur and marketing guru. LaShonda has created and runs Life Focus Pictures which helps local businesses tell their stories, About 90 Marketing which is a marketing consulting firm, and Eye for Ebony which is on a mission to increase the quality and quantity of stock images available that feature people of color. In order to manage these brands day-to-day, LaShonda has established tried-and-...
EAP 34: Finding Meaning + Making Money - Creating the Career You Want
September 17, 2018 07:00 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBLakrisha Davis, a career coach, speaker, and success mentor, is our guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast. Coming from a Human Resources and Recruiting background, Lakrisha is strategically equipped to help the job seeker and entrepreneur align their true passion to their desire and need to make money. Lakrisha has always been told that she has a gift in the areas of motivating, challenging, encouraging, and mentoring others, and she has found a way to monetize these gifts...
EAP 33: Storytelling to Get You the Job or Career You Want on LinkedIn
September 10, 2018 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is Bianca Jackson, LinkedIn guru and founder of Jax Digital, LLC. By being intentional with her digital brand, Bianca has found a sweet spot of telling relatable and encouraging stories from her everyday life and gaining credibility through this authenticity. She helps small businesses, job seekers, and freelancers seeking clients push past their frustrations associated with work to achieve their performance and success objectives....
EAP 32: Moving Past Layoffs and Claiming Your Dream Career
September 03, 2018 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability podcast, our guest is Debraca Russell of the Agape Career Counseling Group. Drawing upon her experiences in retail management going through the interviewing and hiring process, Debraca coaches her clients through resume creation, job searches, and the interview process. Whether you think you know what career you want to pursue or not, she recommends that everyone take a personality assessment that will help align your personality traits to the poten...
EAP 31: Choosing to Win After a Great Loss - A Widow Masters the Art of the Bounce Back
August 27, 2018 07:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast is Maya Tyler, who was suddenly and tragically widowed when her children were very young. When her husband died in a freak accident, Maya desperately searched for resources that could help her know what she was supposed to do next, but there was nothing out there that fit her situation. As she found her way, she dedicated herself to helping other people in her situation find their own road maps to healing. Despite the stigma in the...
EAP 30: Loving + Raising High Achieving Children
August 20, 2018 07:00 - 15 minutes - 12.4 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast, we are joined by Anitra Durand Allen, a family and relationships coach and a parenting and lifestyle content creator. A gifted child herself in the areas of academics, athletics, and performing arts, Anitra recognized the need for content aimed at the parents of high-achieving children when she struggled to find it. Anitra came from an engineering and project management background in corporate America, and when she realized the benefit that...
EAP 29: A Girl With Goals on the Rise - The Importance of Clarity, Motivation, & Accountability
August 13, 2018 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBKimi Walker's guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast is Jas Thomas, a community leader who has started the Girls with Goals Movement to make positive images of women of color more prominent in society. Jas takes a very hands-on approach to this movement, often hosting “empowerment events” that include a social aspect as well as a panel discussion with professionals in the fields of physical health, mental health, and financial wellbeing. She has also recently started a prog...
EAP 28: HIV Positive and Refusing to Live Negatively
August 06, 2018 06:03 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast, Kimi is joined by LaDeia Joyce, who found out on September 29, 2016, that she had HIV. She took the next year to document her journey and dwell on Psalm 23 while only a handful of people knew about her diagnosis, and on September 29, 2017, she held an event during which she publicly disclosed her status for the first time. LaDeia has experienced first-hand the stigmas and misconceptions about HIV since her diagnosis, and her goal is to pro...
EAP 27: Claiming Your Story, Curating Your Persona, and Crafting the Perfect Pitch
July 30, 2018 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBEbonee Monique Thompson, owner and founder of The Persona Agency, joins us on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast. Ebonee is a published author and social media and content expert who began consulting in response to the number of requests she received after the publication of her second book. She got her start by winning the Elevator Pitch contest through Black Enterprise with her idea for Momma I Want To Write, a ghostwriting company that would help people without the time or ta...
EAP 26: Perfecting Your Digital Marketing + Visual Strategy
July 23, 2018 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBEAP 26: Perfecting Your Digital Marketing + Visual Strategy by Kimi Walker
EAP 25: Ex Gang Member Evolves into an Urban Life Coach - Refusing to be a Victim of Circumstances
July 16, 2018 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability podcast, we are joined by Justice J. Wali, an urban motivator and life coach. Growing up an only child in the South side of Chicago, Justice was easily influenced by the gang and drug cultures around him, even becoming a gang member before changing his ways. He began spending considerable time with his grandmother at home and at church, which he believes saved him from making more negative life decisions. In 2005, he moved to Minnesota, where he fou...
EAP 24: Off the Web & Into the World - Turning a 150k Member Facebook Group Into a Massive Movement
July 09, 2018 04:51 - 24 minutes - 22 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability podcast, our guest is Dr. Melissa Chester, CEO of Black Educators Rock, Inc. Dr. Chester and one of her former students founded Black Educators Rock as a Facebook group which quickly gained traction and engagement, amassing 1,000 group members within 24 hours and 100,000 within 90 days. The Facebook group has now been segmented into geographic subgroups, which are moderated by volunteers, and has even resulted in the establishment of some local chap...
EAP 23: Quitting Your Job & Owning Your Signature
July 02, 2018 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is Renotta Burke, owner of Renotta Burke Signatures event planning and design company. Unhappy with her job at the time, Renotta decided to quit at the end of 2011 and use her life savings to purchase the linens that would be used by her events company. Now several years into this endeavor, Renotta and her team have found great success and fulfillment through planning and designing weddings and other events for their clients in Geo...
EAP 22: Becoming a Love Coach After Divorce
June 25, 2018 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBJoining us on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is Leonardo Cavalli: an actor, singer, author, motivational speaker, and love and life coach based in New York City. Much of Leonardo’s wisdom comes from the lessons he learned from his marriage at the age of 23 that ended in divorce the next year. This is the subject of his book, entitled 24 and Divorced, as well as the album that he wrote to accompany the book, entitled Wounded, and through his motivational speaking and love coa...
EAP 21: Invest In Your Wealth & Financial Wellness
June 18, 2018 06:00 - 16 minutes - 20.6 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability podcast, our guest is Maurice Wilson of Wilson Wealth (http://wilsonwealth.com/), which specializes in investment management and a little bit of financial planning. During his education, Maurice’s goal was to learn something that other people didn’t know, which led him down the path of engineering. He started working at Daimler-Chrysler after college and realized that investment management was really where he wanted to be, so he started taking steps...
EAP 20: Unlocking Your Purpose + Tackling Your Goals
June 11, 2018 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is James Luter, a Navy veteran, military spouse and father, and life coach. James takes his clients through a three-step process focused on personal development during their coaching sessions with him: (1) unlocking their purpose, (2) developing personal goals, and (3) setting up accountability measures to help them reach their goals. During his 18 years of coaching, James has found that when people are not living in their purpose...
EAP 19: Adjusting Your Strategy During Life's Setbacks
June 04, 2018 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability podcast, we are joined by Dr. Sharice Bradford, a life coach with a background in pastoral care/counseling and healthcare administration. She also edits and contributes to Life Coach Network magazine and maintains a lifestyle blog (https://thissinglesole.org/). Dr. Sharice has a passion for helping people, and coaching provides flexibility in methods and scheduling that traditional counseling often does not. Dr. Sharice shares that the most importa...
EAP 18: Branding Your Battle
May 28, 2018 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is marketing and public relations specialist Sheree Oats, who is also the founder of the group “Not Built to Break”. Sheree started this group to create a safe space to discuss mental health issues among women of color, a subject that has often been viewed as taboo, but is so important to talk about. During Sheree’s own transition from college to her professional life, she experienced depression for which she was prescribed medica...
EAP 17: Navigating School Difficulties & Response to Intervention
May 21, 2018 05:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast with Kimi Walker, our guest is Marvin Prather, an educator and intervention coordinator who spends his days working with kids who have math or reading deficits to get them up to grade level. Marvin has seen students make great improvements in their math and reading skills as well as their behavior in the classroom by partnering with the student’s classroom teacher to create a plan of action specifically for that student. Typically, the firs...
EAP 16: From Rape Survivor to Entrepreneur
May 14, 2018 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBKimi Walker's guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is Robin Clark, an overcomer of life circumstances who has found belonging and purpose as an aesthetician. During Robin’s freshman year of college, she was the victim of sexual assault. She transferred to a different school closer to home, but eventually moved back home before completing her schooling because she needed to properly cope with and process what had happened to her. She found great satisfaction and achievem...
EAP 15: Achieving Career Success + Wellness
May 07, 2018 05:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is Stella Odogwu, founder of Intelle Coaching Solutions which offers services in career coaching and wellness. Intelle’s goal is to empower black women in corporate America to achieve career success and personal wellness. Stella knows that everyone’s career situation is different, so she starts out working with each client to map out their ideal career path, determine where on that path they currently are, and discover any barrier...
EAP 14: Becoming a Mindful and Effortless Eater
April 30, 2018 06:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is Angela Douge, the dietician and nutritionist behind the Effortless Eater. Angela grew up in a home with strict parameters about the types of food that the family would eat, so she never had sugary cereal or candy as a child, and to this day has never tasted pork. After completing college and additional schooling to become a dietician with a master’s degree in public health, Angela taught nutrition at the college level for 7 ye...
EAP 13: Defining Success and Creating Opportunities
April 23, 2018 05:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is Meredith Moore Crosby, a leadership coach with her family’s company, Leverette Weekes. After growing up in Minnesota, Meredith attended Howard University and worked her way through corporate America for many years, including working as the speechwriter for Don Thompson, the first African-American President and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation. During her time in the corporate world, she faced difficulties and limitations, but rath...
EAP 12: Fulfilling Your Life Purpose + Becoming a Mindful Techie
April 16, 2018 05:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBKimi Walker's guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast is Meico Whittlock, founder and CEO of the Mindful Techie, an organization that helps high-achievers reclaim their time and refocus on their life purpose. Meico uses his experiences on the brink of burnout to coach individuals and organizations on the topics of reducing digital distractions, reclaiming work/life balance, and refocusing on their purpose or mission in life. Meico identifies two key tools in this shift in ...
EAP 11: Melissa's Story
April 09, 2018 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast is Melissa Calixte. Melissa has gone through quite a journey to arrive in Atlanta working with the homeless population, but she would be the first to tell you that God has guided her every step of the way and provided for her in every area of her life. After going through a season of inconsistent employment in the Tallahassee area, Melissa felt led to move to Atlanta. Melissa faced significant hardship there, including a 2.5 yea...
EAP 10: Conquering Law School in Her Father's Memory
April 02, 2018 05:40 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBKimi Walker's guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast is Zana Williams, a second-year law student and motivational speaker in the San Diego area. From an early age, Zana knew that she wanted to become an attorney, and she is very close to achieving this dream, despite experiencing the difficult loss of her father in 2014 and the difficult grieving process that followed. Zana made it through that very dark time only by the grace of God, who relentlessly pursued her and showe...
EAP 9: Conquering Depression, Anxiety, and Addiction Through Art
March 26, 2018 06:04 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast is Kina Fields, a massage therapist, trainer, and artist. Kina has struggled with anxiety and depression since childhood, but only in the past couple of years began seeking help for the resulting addictions and mental health issues, and she is here to tell us more about the role that art played in her journey as well as provide some needed advice to listeners who might also be struggling. After battling alcohol and drug addiction ...
EAP 8: How to Successfully Start a Non-Profit
March 19, 2018 17:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBUnique provides her expertise to non-profit leaders as they navigate the paperwork to achieve their 501(c)3 status, seek funding, and acquire and manage their board members. Unique recommends that individuals seeking to start their own non-profit organizations outsource this administrative work so they can focus on building their programs and establishing the mission of their organization rather than getting bogged down in the paperwork behind the organization’s functioning. The biggest mista...
EAP 7: Prioritizing Healthy Relationships
March 12, 2018 13:10 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBKrystal Rising is our guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast with Kimi Walker. Krystal is a mother of 3 boys under the age of 4 and is a writer and blogger at www.nubianwellness.com. When Krystal started blogging there, she wrote about her dating relationship with the man who would eventually become her husband, and she now focuses on healthy family relationships. Krystal’s advice about maintaining a healthy dating relationship is to keep the lines of communication open,...
EAP 6 – Inclusivity, Influence, and Passion Projects
March 07, 2018 21:42 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast with Kimi Walker is India Rias Thompson, communications coordinator at the Purdue University Extension, lifestyle blogger, podcast host, and Regional Director of Black Bloggers United – Indianapolis. India graduated from IUPUI with a degree in Arts and Communication Studies (Broadcasting) and she has used this background to become the social influencer and digital communications resource that she is today. India’s passion about t...
EAP 5: Activating Soul Empowerment After Abuse and the Loss of a Child
March 05, 2018 17:41 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBOur guest on this episode of the Early Accountability podcast with Kimi Walker is Vanessa, a motivational speaker and author focused on lifestyle and personal development. Vanessa’s mother worked hard to ensure that Vanessa had a good childhood and received a quality education. However, Vanessa still had significant adversity to overcome in her formative years, including the feeling of abandonment by her father as well as enduring multiple years of sexual abuse. Losing her son, Kamden, aft...
EAP 4: Moving Up the Corporate Ladder
February 26, 2018 20:32 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBOn this episode of the Early Accountability Podcast with Kimi Walker, we have Cybrina Cooper. Cybrina didn't find herself working in human resources for a fortune 500 company by sheer luck alone. Although she started at the bottom with a degree in Animal Science, she’s been able to get to the top by following a set of rules that have worked well for her. It’s been almost 5 years and she doesn’t regret any bit of accepting her initial job offer. If you’re looking to climb up the corporate ladd...
EAP 3: The Journey from Corporate Manager to Execution Coach
February 26, 2018 04:29 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBOur guest today on the Early Accountability Podcast with Kimi Walker is Amber Cabral. Amber is a writer, a speaker, an inclusion & diversity consultant, a non-profit board member, and an execution coach. She owns a boutique consulting firm called Cabral Consulting Co. After working in the corporate world for over a decade, Amber decided it was time to start her own consulting business because she was growing increasingly frustrated with corporate politics. This move, although not easy, has b...
EAP 2: How to Transform Through Your Tribulations
February 25, 2018 02:55 - 13 minutes - 24.6 MBOn our second episode of the Early Accountability Podcast with Kimi Walker, we welcome guest Kristy Jones. Kristy wears many hats. She’s an educator, education administrator, a writer, a non-profit founder, and a certified life coach. She found her true purpose and passion after her daughter went to college leaving her all alone, and is now helping others achieve theirs through her life coaching business. We talk about how she was able to collaborate in writing a book where she had no idea sh...
EAP 1: What is Early Accountability?
January 31, 2018 08:06 - 5 minutes - 10.7 MBOn our first episode of the Early Accountability Podcast with Kimi Walker, I introduce myself, describe early accountability and its importance, and detail topics for future shows. For more information visit www.earlyaccountability.com