Tamara Winfrey-Harris is a nationally renowned writer, author, and speaker, focusing on issues of race and gender and their intersection with politics, popular culture, and current events.

Her books include: THE SISTERS ARE ALRIGHT: CHANGING THE BROKEN NARRATIVE OF BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA (Berrett-Koehler 2015), DEAR BLACK GIRL: LETTERS FROM YOUR SISTERS ON STEPPING INTO YOUR POWER (Berrett-Koehler 2021), and A BLACK WOMAN'S GUIDE TO GETTING FREE (Berrett-Koehler 2024)

Tamara is the president of the Women's Fund of Central Indiana.

TAMARA WINFREY-HARRIS

Website - https://www.tamarawinfreyharris.com/

Email - tamara@tamarawinfreyharris.com

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TamaraWinfreyHarris/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamarawinfreyharris/

KARA KAVENSKY

Website - https://karakavensky.com/

@karakavensky on Substack | FB | IG | X | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok

Receive updates on Kara's new memoir release, FINDING JOY, here.

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Produced by Marilou Marosz

Original music written and performed by Adam W. Gibson

This episode is a special one.

Everyone needs positive role models in their lives — perhaps now more than ever. One of my role models is my dear friend, Ruth Graves. We discuss grief, loss, and how we move forward.

If you or someone you love is grieving, please seek others so you do not feel alone — and if you know someone who is grieving the death of someone — please reach out to them. Compassion never goes out of style.

KARA KAVENSKY

Website - https://karakavensky.com/

@karakavensky on Substack | FB | IG | X | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok

Receive updates on Kara's new memoir release, FINDING JOY, here.

PRODUCTION

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Produced by Marilou Marosz

Original music written and performed by Adam W. Gibson

When life handed Jessica Waite a riveting, horrifying, and surprisingly beautiful story, she transformed herself into a writer. Her debut memoir, THE WIDOW’S GUIDE TO DEAD BASTARDS, became an instant bestseller and was listed as a notable book by The Washington Post, Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, GoodReads, AARP, and many others. Jessica lives with her teenage son on Treaty 7 territory in the city of Calgary, Alberta.

JESSICA WAITE

Website - https://endlessstories.love/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/endless_stories_jess/ or @endless_stories_jess

KARA KAVENSKY

Website - https://karakavensky.com/

@karakavensky on Substack | FB | IG | X | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok

Receive updates on Kara's new memoir release, FINDING JOY, here.

PRODUCTION

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Produced by Marilou Marosz

Original music written and performed by Adam W. Gibson

There's a lot going on in the world, and who better to help us cut through the noise than Iva Nasr, author of FROM RIFLES TO ROSES: MEMORIES AND MIRACLES.

Iva's words and wisdom are a gift. Her voice is a meditation.

IVA NASR

Mentor, Speaker, Author

Website - https://www.ivanasr.com/

KARA KAVENSKY

Website - https://karakavensky.com/

@karakavensky on Substack | FB | IG | X | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok

Receive updates on Kara's new memoir release, FINDING JOY, here.

PRODUCTION

Sponsored by Adam Gibson Design

Produced by Marilou Marosz

Original music written and performed by Adam W. Gibson

There's a lot going on in the world, and who better to help us cut through the noise than Iva Nasr, author of FROM RIFLES TO ROSES: MEMORIES AND MIRACLES.

Iva's words and wisdom are a gift. Her voice is a meditation.

IVA NASR

Mentor, Speaker, Author

Website - https://www.ivanasr.com/

KARA KAVENSKY

Website - https://karakavensky.com/

@karakavensky on Substack | FB | IG | X | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok

Receive updates on Kara's new memoir release, FINDING JOY, here.

PRODUCTION

Sponsored by Adam Gibson Design

Produced by Marilou Marosz

Original music written and performed by Adam W. Gibson

Author Jessica Doyle Mekkes' gift to the Universe is I'M SPEAKING: EVERY WOMAN'S GUIDE TO FINDING YOUR VOICE AND USING IT FEARLESSLY. Jessica shares the down & dirty of why women fight an uphill battle to be heard, and what we can do to be effective speakers.

Jessica's book offers tips and tricks to help you speak your truth in a voice that is strong, stable, and sustainable — and she's funny, too!

I’M SPEAKING is a bestseller on Amazon in the Public Speaking category!

JESSICA DOYLE-MEKKES

Website - https://www.jessicadoylemekkes.com/
Socials - @jessicadoylemekkes

KARA KAVENSKY

Website - https://karakavensky.com/

@karakavensky on Substack | FB | IG | X | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok

Receive updates on Kara's new memoir release, FINDING JOY, here.

PRODUCTION

Sponsored by Adam Gibson Design

Produced by Marilou Marosz

Original music written and performed by Adam W. Gibson

Jessica "Jessie" Fein's book, BREATH TAKING: A MEMOIR OF FAMILY, DREAMS, AND BROKEN GENES, is being praised everywhere, as it should.

My favorite, and most accurate synopsis, is: "A masterclass on how to be a person." — Joanna Rakoff, bestselling author of MY SALINGER YEAR.

The hardest thing to experience is the loss of a child. Jessie shares her and her husband's fertility journey, adoption, and subsequent advocacy on behalf of one of their beautiful children, Dahlia, as Dahlia succumbs to MERRF syndrome (myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers), a rare genetic disorder.

JESSICA FEIN

Website - https://www.jessicafeinstories.com/

Podcast - I Don't Know How You Do It - https://www.jessicafeinstories.com/podcast

Instagram - @feinjessica

Substack - https://feinbyme.substack.com/

KARA KAVENSKY

Website - https://karakavensky.com/

@karakavensky on Substack | FB | IG | X | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok

Receive updates on Kara's new memoir release, FINDING JOY, here.

PRODUCTION

Sponsored by Adam Gibson Design

Produced by Marilou Marosz

Original music written and performed by Adam W. Gibson

Former journalist and speech therapist, Dara Levan adds "author" to her growing list of creative outlets. She is a journalist, blogger, author, and podcaster — among other things — including wife and mother, and loves the summers she spent during her youth at Interlochen.

A graduate of Indiana University (Go Hoosiers!), writing a novel is the last thing Dara ever thought she'd do. IT COULD BE WORSE is her first, and certainly not her last.

IT COULD BE WORSE is a fictional tale of identifying and coping with narcissism (this is an oversimplification of this book — I highly recommend it!). Far too many of us can relate.

DARA LEVAN

Website - https://www.daralevan.com/

Podcast - Every Soul Has A Story

@Dara.Levan on Facebook | Instagram | Threads

Substack - Every Soul Has a Story by Dara Levan

KARA KAVENSKY

Website - https://karakavensky.com/

@karakavensky on Substack | FB | IG | X | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok

Receive updates on Kara's new memoir release, FINDING JOY, here.

PRODUCTION

Sponsored by Adam Gibson Design

Produced by Marilou Marosz

Original music written and performed by Adam W. Gibson