Belonging in the USA: The Podcast

In the finale of our first season Arielle chats with Thomasina Williams.  Arielle first met Thomasina while attending the Purposeful Planning Institution's Annual Conference in Denver.  Thomasina presented to the whole conference about the twists and turns of her journey.  Arielle was so inspired by her that she reached out to start up a dialogue with her. Thomasina is powerhouse, she practiced law in Miami Florida for nearly 20 years where she became a partner in one of the largest law firms in the state in 3 years. In her spare time into working on voting rights. She then spent six years in New York City serving as a philanthropic strategist at the Ford Foundation. She was a first consultant hired by Wells Fargo Private Bank to go in house and play a leadership role in building a new internal group to support its ultra-high net worth clients in navigating the family side of wealth.  She also serves on several boards and advisory councils runs her own company Sankofa legacy advisors and still manages to make time for rich spiritual and extended family life

In this episode Arielle chat's with an old friend from way back Jon Runnfeldt.

In this episode Arielle chat's with Carla Vega. Carla is a multidisciplinary performing artist to assert her talents live on stages on TV and on national and international award-winning films as an actor, voiceover artist, writer, poet, solo show creator, theater, director, and ensemble creator, singer, martial artists, dancer, yogi, and teaching artists.  Arielle found their conversation inspiring, and we hope you will come away from this episode feeling moved and inspired.

In this episode Arielle's conversation, felt like the soul medicine, that was much needed. Arielle could listen to Beverly Bushyhead’s, beautiful voice, all day. She is one of the most empathetic, curious, and truly powerful centered individuals Arielle ever had the privilege to speak with part of her mission in life is to map humanity.  This is the first one on one conversation Arielle and Beverly have ever had, and she love's to share it with you.  We hope that you leave this episode feeling incredibly inspired and more connected with yourself and the world around you.

In this episode Arielle chat's with Sarah Bendix a lifelong friends and confidante.  They have spent many a long night chatting it up on the phone until Arielle's mother demand she hang up. Sarah is now a trauma therapist, with additional expertise in Somatic Experiencing. She works at a special clinic at Northwestern University in Chicago, as well as in a private practice.

In this episode Arielle chat's with Peter Hostrawser, he is a well-known national speaker across the United States on strategies to improve education and teaches business courses at Stanford High School in Palo Alto, Illinois. He hosts the Disrupt Education podcast, cohosts the Teaching What's Not There podcast, and he is a Cofounder of HallPass Education specializing in Gap Year and Transition programs.

In this episode Arielle chats with Jesus Nebot, who went from being homeless to financial freedom in 10 years by building a real estate company that provides housing to those most in need. He's also the winner of 26 international awards for his work as writer, director, producer and star of the immigration feature film, No Turning Back, which has been sold to 92 countries already. Jesus’ latest film is American nightmare about the unfair criminalization of undocumented immigrants.

In this episode Arielle chat's with her next neighbor Kevin Williams who hails from Brooklyn, New York, with familial roots in Jamaica, Panama and the US. He now lives in Fresno, California where he is the Minister of Equity and Inclusion for the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission. He also owns his own consulting business K James consultations, which provides training on cultural responsiveness, measurable equity outcomes and a variety of project management services.

Arielle Nobile and Shelby Forsythia have a conversation that will soothe your mind, body and spirit. To read transcript 

I am so so excited to announce that launch day has arrived for Episode Zero of the Belonging in the USA Podcast.  We're calling it zero because it's kind of like the inception episode where Kat and I talk about the whole origin of the podcast and what we hope you will get out of listening.  We recorded this first season in the Winter/Spring of this year, and yet these conversations still feel timeless and relevant to us and I hope they do to you too.

We hope you will feel inspired by our conversations and will make you want to listen to future episodes as well and share it with your friends and neighbors far and wide.  We plan to drop episodes every Wednesday starting this week through mid-December.

A little background on Kat, she left corporate America in 2019 and started her companies Virtually Possible 365 and Digital Footprint Consulting, which both allow her to channel her passion to be of service. She has over 25 years of professional business experience in marketing, social media recruiting and administrative support, and degrees in marketing and Healthcare Administration management.