The Diary of a Grownup Podcast

Trevor Lucas is an accomplished, award winning artist, illustrator, and muralist. He uses his artistic skills to educate, uplift, and spread positive messages throughout his work.  Trevor is not only a visual artist, but he also calls himself a visual activist.  He is well known for his contributions to the community and for his former regional television show known as The VAdio Show.  There is where he furthered his mission of educating, uplifting, and motivating others through film, and he continues to do so through his artwork at Anomaly Art Studio today. His belief is that we can only go as far as we can see, so through art and visual creativity, his mission is to show the World much better and much more. 

Charlotte's powerful blend of raw reality chased with just the right mix of humor, candor, and practical tools inspires audiences to shift their mindsets to enrich their impact on-the-job and in their lives. Without apology, finger-pointing, or bashing, she challenges and informs listeners to move out of their ruts and into realization to develop, master, and maintain a mindset of momentum. With Charlotte's straight talk, audiences are inspired to tackle the tough stuff, add more impact with every move they make, and show up at their best. 

Charlotte believes.....

• Focus beats brilliance.

• Leadership is a choice.

• Your tomorrow may be different as a result of what you do today.

• You'll never know if an opportunity is knocking if you're afraid to answer the door.

For women on a hunt to discover their authentic Self, the answers are much closer than they think…within their own Whole Body Self! While practicing as a Doctor of Eastern Medicine and Holistic Well-Being Consultant, De’Nicea Hilton Harper saw a connection between Holistic Health and Authenticity. This was the perfect opportunity to create tools that people could use to facilitate Holistic Healing while realizing who they are authentically, their purpose, and connecting with meaning in their lives again - and they could do so with Play! 

She created the My Souls Says Collection, a playful curation of guided journals, declaration decks, and drinkware designed to facilitate the Discovering (and Being!) of the Perfect Authentic Self. While engaging with the journals and the decks, they’re invited on mini-adventures designed to activate a relationship with the Whole Body Self becoming aware of the Spiritual, Emotional, Mental, and Physical messages that offer wisdom and insight guiding them to their Perfect Authentic Self.

Along with other playful experiences in the online sanctuary of The Perfect PlayGround, such as the Re-Creation Center and the DATE Your Self Academy, women get closer to realizing she’s Whole and Complete: the root meaning of Perfect. She gets to Practice BEING Perfect (vs. practice makes perfect.) And the ripple effects can be seen in improved relationships with her Self and others, as well as Holistic Health!

For women on a hunt to discover their authentic Self, the answers are much closer than they think…within their own Whole Body Self! While practicing as a Doctor of Eastern Medicine and Holistic Well-Being Consultant, De’Nicea Hilton Harper saw a connection between Holistic Health and Authenticity. This was the perfect opportunity to create tools that people could use to facilitate Holistic Healing while realizing who they are authentically their purpose, and connect with meaning in their lives again - and they could do so with Play! 

She created the My Souls Says Collection, a playful curation of guided journals, declaration decks, and drinkware all designed to facilitate the Discovering (and Being!) of the Perfect Authentic Self. While engaging with the journals and the decks, they’re invited on mini-adventures designed to activate a relationship with the Whole Body Self becoming aware of the Spiritual, Emotional, Mental and Physical messages that offer wisdom and insight guiding them to their Perfect Authentic Self.

Along with other playful experiences in the online sanctuary of The Perfect PlayGround, such as the Re-Creation Center and the DATE Your Self Academy, women get closer to realizing she’s Whole and Complete: the root meaning of Perfect. She gets to Practice BEING Perfect (vs. practice makes perfect.) And the ripple effects can be seen in improved relationships with her Self and others, as well as Holistic Health!

Lawrence is a serial entrepreneur and provides mentorship and coaching to small business owners, contract professionals, and leaders on all levels through his company YOU FACTOR COACHING. 

He has over twenty years of experience as a professional and personal development mentor, and team-building facilitator. He is also a published author, business strategist, and an “Add Value” life coach and speaker. 

Specializing in team building, creative partnerships, and personal development, he will challenge you to challenge yourself, challenge your belief systems, and maximize every teachable moment in order to achieve and discover your goals and ultimately your better self. This is what he calls discovering your YOU Factor! 

Lawrence is a co-founder of The MAXIMIZED Life Coaching and Mentoring team (www.MAXIMIZEDlifecoaching.com), which is more than a network but a community of mentors and coaches dedicated to adding value to your success journey!  He is also co-founder of the non-profit Inner Peace Coalition LLC, which focuses on trade and vocational certifications for youth in non-traditional education tracks.

Meet Lawrence at his upcoming event:

Women's Business Symposium Meets The MAXIMIZED Man Annual Mastermind    

Saturday, July 22,  The College of William  & Mary in Williamsburg Va

www.wbstmm.com

Dr. Angela D. Reddix is the CEO and Founder of ARDX®, a multi-million-dollar award-winning Healthcare Management and Technology firm. After over 16 years in business, Dr. Angela focuses on empowering women to have a balanced life, closing the gender and minority wealth gap, and building wealth through the evolution of a woman. With this focus and her continued mission to transform communities of poverty into communities of prosperity, she founded Envision Lead Grow® (ELG), a Norfolk-based nonprofit organization. ELG is designed to enable aspiring girls of all ages to chart their destinies by teaching them the critical skills and dedication to accomplish their dreams through entrepreneurship. In addition, she introduces the CEO of U TV™, a television streaming network that empowers women to create a balanced life and to help close the gender and minority wealth gap. A passionate mentor and advisor to the next generation of young girls and women, She is a leading advocate for entrepreneurship to create positive transformation in the world.

Dr. Reddix is a three-time best-selling author. She recently co-authored with her RR Fund Sisters and is the author of Envision Lead Grow - Releasing the Boss Within, where she shares her knowledge and insights to help women of all ages build their businesses and improve their lives. The principles Dr. Reddix shares shift their mindset from helpless to a life of purpose and fulfillment. She is also the co-author of Business Success Secrets: Entrepreneurial Thinking That Works.

Dr. Reddix's exemplary achievements magnify her mission to live a life of excellence that will impact future generations. She received outstanding awards, including the 2023 United Negro College Fund Awardee, Virginia Black Business Leaders Award,  Federal Health IT Women in Leadership Award, the Finney Foundation Visionary Leader Award, the JMU Alumni Association 2022 Presidential Award, the Women Presidents' Organization 2021 Women of Color Achievement Award, the Urban League of Hampton Roads (HR) Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Leader Workforce Award, the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities' Humanitarian Award, the US Chamber of Commerce's Big Blue-Ribbon Award, the Pepsi Historically Better Award, and the HR Community Builders Award. In addition, she has received remarkable recognition in Virginia's Top 30 Influential Female Leaders Impacting Virginia, the 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, DC, Inc., the Old Dominion University (ODU) Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame and named in the 2021 EBONY Power 100 List as an Innovative Leader.

As a trusted community leader, Dr. Reddix serves as the Board Chair for the YWCA of South Hampton Roads, a member of the Towne Board Norfolk Board, a member of the CIVIC Leadership Institute, the 757 Collab Board, the Women President's Organization, and JMU Women for Madison Executive Advisory Council. She is also a board member and trustee of various local organizations, including the United Way of South Hampton Roads Foundation Board of Trustees, Norfolk State University's School of Business Advisory, and the Hampton Roads Chamber Regional and Trustee Board.

Dr. Reddix invests expertise, coaching, and capital into women of color-owned businesses through her Reddix Rules Fund™ program. As a graduate of James Madison University (JMU), Dr. Reddix and her husband committed $1.1 million to support the Reddix Center for First Generation students through the Reddix Centennial Scholarship Endowment. She is a TEDx speaker, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc, Links Inc, Jack and Jill of America, Inc, and a Forbes Business Council. She received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Marketing from JMU, a master's degree in Organizational Development from BSU with a focus on Training, a graduate certificate in Healthcare Compliance from GWU, and Ph.D. in Business Administration from OSU. Dr. Reddix was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and is a devoted wife and mother of three.

Lia Valencia Key

From homeless to 100 million homes. Raised in very humble beginnings in a super-impoverished neighborhood of Philadelphia, Lia Valencia Key lived in a homeless shelter with her mother, sister, and brother. Even in such dark times, her mom told her, "Your predicament Does Not determine your destiny." She encouraged Lia to never leave the house without wearing her sparkling earrings because they would serve as reminders of the light within.

Shattering Glass Ceilings obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Business, a Master's Degree in Education, a Cosmetology Instructor's License, becoming a Global Hair & Makeup Artist, and receiving a United States Patent. Lia Continued to Listen to the Light within creating VALENCIA KEY JEWELRY company. “Wearable JOY” that symbolizes ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, If You Can BELIEVE IT, You Can Achieve It! Created to inspire and unlock the bravery and light within. Lia's VALENCIA KEY JEWELRY, launched on QVC, one of the largest television shopping networks in the World. With the Power of Believing Lia went From homelessness to inspiring through jewelry in over 100 Million homes.

Big Dreams continue to come true; VALENCIA KEY Jewelry has been featured in OPRAH Magazine 2020 Favorite Things Issue, A Keynote speaker to over 216k attendees at Jamie Kern Lima’s BECOMING UNSTOPPABLE “BELIEVE IT” event- sharing the stage with life changing GREATS such as Robin Roberts, Ed Mylett, Brendon Burchard, Dean Graziosi, and Tony Robbins, & VALENCIA KEY featured PBS national network show Startup episode.

Lia reaches back to where she comes from donating & educating women in homeless shelters on the Keys to Light, and how to rise up out of ruff environments. Lia is a living example that all things are possible by rooting into the power of Choosing Joy, Believing, and Radiating Light. In Lia’s Loving words, “If I Can, YOU Definitely Can”!

Chip and Keisha Wilson are Relationship Coaches forged by decades of trials and triumphs in
their Spiritual, Social, and Professional interactions. They are the founders of Better2Gether,
where they share the importance of bringing a “whole” person into every relationship. The
Wilson’s are dedicated to equipping individuals that crave fruitful, lasting relationships with the
tools to reshape, reimagine, and remodel their mindsets and skill sets to experience dynamic
partnerships.
Their expertise has been built by a combined 60 years of corporate and entrepreneurial
accomplishments; refined by a 30-year relationship; sharpened through raising 4 adult children;
polished by 26 years of marriage, rooted in friendships that span multiple decades and
anchored by their Faith in Jesus Christ.
Chip and Keisha Wilson are purpose driven to build individuals to be Better in Relationships.

Mel is a Personal Brand and Marketing specialist working exclusively with aspiring, professional women looking to transition into leadership roles.

She has 25 years’ experience as a C-suite Marketer before leaving her corporate career behind in September 2019 to found FirstWoman, a Personal Brand and Career Development Consultancy.

Mel is an ardent supporter of female talent and gender equality.  She firmly believes that we need more women leaders able to influence organizational culture and working practices, traditionally biased against women.

However, while the onus is on organizations to promote more women into leadership positions, women also must be confident and equipped to apply for those roles, which is the purpose of FirstWoman.

Through FirstWoman Mel uses her years of Brand and Marketing expertise and leadership experience to help other women overcome the barriers to progression by helping them to develop an authentic and consistent leadership brand that positions them for success.

Mel is a Personal Brand and Marketing specialist working exclusively with aspiring, professional women looking to transition into leadership roles.

She has 25 years’ experience as a C-suite Marketer before leaving her corporate career behind in September 2019 to found FirstWoman, a Personal Brand and Career Development Consultancy.

Mel is an ardent supporter of female talent and gender equality.  She firmly believes that we need more women leaders able to influence organizational culture and working practices, traditionally biased against women.

However, while the onus is on organizations to promote more women into leadership positions, women also must be confident and equipped to apply for those roles, which is the purpose of FirstWoman.

Through FirstWoman, Mel uses her years of Brand and Marketing expertise and leadership experience to help other women overcome the barriers to progression by helping them to develop an authentic and consistent leadership brand that positions them for success.

Dr. Cason is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of her consulting firm, Theoria In Praxis. As an educator, entrepreneur, and corporate DEI professional, her commitment to leading with integrity serves as a barometer to facilitate culture change. Empowered by the resilience of her maternal elders, she identifies as an unapologetic Black woman with an earnest desire to advocate for people who are often overlooked and underrated. As a global citizen, she makes it a point to visit at least one new country each year to broaden her understanding of shared human experience and the innumerable ways we make meaning with our piece of the world.

Robyn Polk is a Transformational Coach who serves and mentors women over 50 who struggle with meeting their health goals related to weight loss.  She loves sharing with women that it is possible to lose weight after 50. Her core message is that they can prioritize themselves and lose weight with a mentor to guide them. Robyn has used her last name to develop her signature POLK method framework. She decided it was not too late to change her life, and she is on a mission to help other women do the same.

Season 3 brings a new perspective on living out loud! We want to connect with people who chose to silence the thoughts that it was too late to achieve their dreams and goals. 

If you would like to sponsor an episode or be a guest, please reach out to us at TheDiaryOfAGrownUp.com or TheDiaryOfAGrownUpPodcast.com

Edward L Fairley is the founder & CEO of Know Love Inc. He brings vast wisdom and experience in relationship coaching and counseling services to the company and the world. 

He is the Author of “The Handbook for Increasing your Relationship IQ,” a product of years of research into relationship intelligence. 

Know Love Inc. is a realization of Mr. Fairley’s passion for an all-inclusive, discrete,  self-serving, proven method of relationship counseling that is fun and simulates real-life experiences; hence his invention of The Know Love Simulation in Board Game and App form was created.  

Edward also shares elaborate teachings on identifying the true essence of love and effective communication on his Podcast The Know Love Podcast.  

Mr. Fairley has been happily married for almost 2 decades and has three lovely children. 

Dr. Kathy Cabler is a business professional with decades of experience helping clients address organizational concerns and maximize opportunities. She has partnered with leaders in complex and diverse environments, including healthcare, federal and local governments, and corporate America. Additionally, she is an adjunct professor in the School of Business & Leadership at Regent University. Her academic studies include a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership, Organizational Development Certified Professional, and Certified Organizational Leadership and Well-being Coach. She is a Civic Executive Leadership Institute graduate and Leadership Hampton Roads graduate. Her civic responsibility also includes serving on local boards. As a licensed Minister, she is active in her local church and enjoys spending time with her husband, Joe, and daughter Dr. Kendra Cabler.

Reneldo Randall, "The Bridge Builder," offers a variety of coaching opportunities. Coaching in life, business, leadership, and trickier dynamics such as working with friends in business. He is exceptionally talented in working around the delicate intricacies of a work-life balance that he developed and published a book that works as a blueprint for ambitious business owners.

​His coaching services act as a one-on-one tool to identify areas of weakness and create a method to improve your business, work relationships, and brand. 

Dr. Lawrence Jones has been a licensed minister since 2000 and co-founder and co-owner of Silver Care, LLC, along with his wife, Dr. Erica Jones, as the founder and owner. Silver Care employs caregivers to provide non-skill personal care services in the homes of the elderly and disabled. For the past five years, Dr. Jones and his wife have been the primary caretakers for her grandparents, who are both people living with dementia. Dr. Jones's mission is to continue to work alongside his wife in research strategies to help people living with dementia and their caregivers to have a better quality of life. In addition, Erica and I have established a non-profit called Silver Care Dementia Center, Inc.

Secily Wilson is the founder and CEO of WOW Legacy Group Inc. She began her career as an award-winning broadcast news journalist, anchor/reporter, and television personality.  Secily has spent more than a decade as a storyteller, spokesperson, and communications professional. Her foundation and the philanthropic space was developed during her role as Director of development and community relations at the YMCA of Central Florida.

Secily Wilson is the Best-Selling author of the debut book: "She Said the P Word", TEDx speaker, and founder of WOW (Women Overcoming with Willpower) Legacy Group, a growing Central Florida nonprofit with a mission to Empower, Educate, Inspire and Transform the lives of women facing life adversity.  Secily is also Orlando Business Journal's 2021 Women Who Mean Business Honoree, United Way Change Impact Award winner, and Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Lake Buena Vista.

She's often asked, “How did you go from broadcast news to the nonprofit sector”? Her answer is simple. "My transition wasn’t a choice. Sometimes you are pushed into your purpose. After experiencing a series of unexpected life adversities, my life quickly fell apart”. One of her favorite quotes is, “In order to find yourself, you must lose yourself in the service of others.” The philanthropic bug bit her, and Secily merged her profession with her passion; “Service above self.”

Silver Care, LLC Founder and CEO Dr. Erica D. Jones is a detailed-oriented thinker with a drive to learn and apply her knowledge to her everyday life and profession. In her efforts to further her career, Erica received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Spalding University, a master’s degree in Humans Services with a concentration in Marriage and Family from Liberty University, and her Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in Cognition/Instruction from Grand Canyon University.

Dr. Jones used her education and taught psychology courses as an associate professor for Tidewater Community College, Stratford University, Kaplan College, and Centura College. In addition, Erica’s 20+ years in Human Services allowed her to serve military families, people with substance and mental health illnesses, and the senior population.

In 2017, Dr. Jones and her husband decided to become the primary caretaker for her grandparents, both people living with dementia, to lessen the risk of nursing home placement. Erica’s vision was to start a home care agency to share the profits with her grandparents for their financial needs and home maintenance. Silver Care, LLC emerged from that vision, which employs caregivers to provide personal care services in the homes of the elderly and disabled. Since then, Erica has focused on creating and maintaining relationships that will brand Silver Care as a recognized home care agency in the community.

Dr. Jones is committed to learning and applying her abilities to assist others in growing. Erica obtained a Dementia Practitioner Certification to serve the dementia population, is a graduate of the Spring 2022 B-Force Accelerator, the winner of the Reddix Rules Queens 2022, a B-Force Lead Consultant, and a board member for the City of Norfolk Long-Term Care/Aging.