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Hello Healthcare Visionaries and welcome back to what is our season finale! You have been riding here with us this season and we are so grateful for you for listening in, sharing, reviewing and taking away the knowledge to serve and show up for your communities through your health practices. We see you, keep striving and we continue to be here to support you as an ambitious visionary to reach new heights in your organization. We are ending this season on a powerful and compelling note as we teach you how you can go beyond just offering clinical services in your healthcare practice in order to unlock new revenue streams! What you will learn in this episodeWhat parts of your practice should be funded Why you should be expanding the vision of what your health practice can doHow to not just offer clinical services in order to unlock new revenue streams for your health practice The three things you can implement in your practice to expand your scope of services and funding opportunities…and much more!This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have. As we end the season also be sure that you have checked out all the episodes in this season so you can get to work implementing the knowledge in your practice. We would love to hear how this season's episodes have helped you in your practice so be sure to send us a voice message or leave a review!Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodeshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodestranscriptSend Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: bit.ly/mmfundingintake Resources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: Vision Builders Program: bit.ly/mmfundingintakeMonthly Newsletter: bit.ly/buildfundgrownewsletter Instagram: @melaninmedicinecoLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dromolara/Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Hello Healthcare Visionaries! We are excited to welcome you back to this week's episode of the Funding Your Healthcare Vision podcast, as we are kicking off with a new series which is called ‘ Fix Your Funding'. We have had clients come to us wanting to learn how to write applications for grant funding as their sole strategy for growth, and whilst applications are important, they are not the be all and end all for obtaining grant funding. We take a holistic approach here at Melanin and Medicine and we want you to also, meaning that you are creating grant funding opportunities for yourself. In this week's episode we will discuss with you the three ways you can create opportunities for yourself and get invited for grant funding opportunities.What you will learn in this episode:Why your health practice strategy should go beyond just writing applications for grant funding Why waiting for grant opportunities to become available is a failing strategy and can delay your growth and impact How to reverse the switch and create grant opportunities for your health practice  How to get invited to the party and have grant funding opportunities coming to you …and much more!This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodeshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodestranscriptSend Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: http://bit.ly/mmfundingintakeResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: FREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar Monthly Newsletter: bit.ly/buildfundgrownewsletter Instagram: @melaninmedicinecoDon't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Hey Healthcare Visionaries! We are pleased to have you back with us for another episode of the Funding Your Healthcare Vision podcast. In this week's episode we are talking about the impact of collaborations and how you may be doing your health practice a disservice by not considering collaborations with mission aligned partners. Tapping into the wealth of knowledge and expertise of community partners that offer the services you need, will not only scale stronger growth for your practice, but will also extend your impact and reach to the communities who need your solutions. What you will learn in this episode: Why collaborations are the best thing since sliced bread and why you should be incorporating partnerships into your practice strategy for funding and growth. How to find amazing collaborations with mission aligned partners to help foster stronger impact and attract funding opportunities for your health practice How to do a root cause analysis of your practice to help you to identify what collaborations you should be seeking What to look for in a good partner and what red flags to be aware of in your partnerships vetting and qualifying process …and much more!This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodeshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodestranscriptSend Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: bit.ly/mmfundingintake Resources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: Dr Hokehe Eko, Kits Of Hope:  https://www.kitsofhope.org/ Vision Builders Program: bit.ly/mmfundingintakeMonthly Newsletter: bit.ly/buildfundgrownewsletter Instagram: @melaninmedicinecoLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dromolara/Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Hey healthcare visionaries and welcome back to another week with the Funding Your Healthcare Vision Podcast! Week on week we love giving you gems of knowledge to help you scale your impact and revenue and this week is no different. In today's episode we go back to basics to ensure your funding proposals are fit for purpose in securing six figure grant funding. Your proposal is the first thing funders will want to see before making a decision to offer you funding, and so in this episode I am giving you the top TEN things you need to include in your proposal to successfully attain six figure grants for your healthcare organization. What you'll learn in this episode: The importance of having a solid proposal in place as a calling card to mission aligned funders. To consider if a partnership is needed as part of your proposal and to identify if you are more competitive with a partner vs going it alone. The top ten things you must include in your proposal to successfully secure six figure grant funding. How to ensure your proposal allows you to show the promise of your work, presents the gap you have identified, and the solutions you propose. Updates on Medicaid redetermination and how to prepare for the post pandemic unwinding.…and much more!This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodeshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodestranscriptSend Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: https://bit.ly/practiceintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: FREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar Monthly Newsletter: bit.ly/buildfundgrownewsletter Instagram: @melaniDon't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Welcome back healthcare visionaries to this week's episode of Funding Your Healthcare Vision Podcast, where we are continuing on our mission to provide you key insights on securing funding for your healthcare practice!This week's episode may raise some eyebrows as we discuss why focusing on growing your clinical team may be a red flag for funders. We are all about pushing you past your comfort zones here and stepping into your greatness so you can scale and show up for your communities, so we really challenge you in this episode to see a different perspective and consider a new approach. We shift your focus away from just growing your clinical team to scale your impact and highlight for you the other areas that need your focus that are vital for growth and attracting 6-figure funding. What you will learn in this episodeWhy solely focusing on growing your clinical team is a red flag and may actually turn funders away from funding your practice How to identify what other resources you need for growth rather than just a clinical team The important areas for your practice growth that you may be ignoring and so could stunt your growth and impact How to think strategically about your practice growth, so that if you were granted $250,000 in funding, you know exactly how you would use this funding to scale and get resultsSpecifically what focus areas should be in your budget and funding request, in order to attract and secure funding…and much more!This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodeshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodestranscriptLIVE Application Workshop: bit.ly/mmworkshopapplication_march23FREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar Send Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: https://bit.ly/practiceintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: Vision Builders Program: bit.ly/mmfundingintake Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Hey healthcare visionaries and welcome back! As always we love having you with us and we are excited to share with you more insights and knowledge on securing 6 figure grant funding for your healthcare practice. In this week's episode we discuss the importance of building relationships and your network for a more passive approach to attracting grant funding for your healthcare practice. Whilst proactively applying for grant funding is still vital to securing six figure grants, we also want to position you to be able to attract invitation only funding and for funders to approach you! If your only strategy is waiting for grant funding applications to become available, you may be missing out on opportunities to scale your revenue and impact.What you will learn from this episodeThe 3 steps to optimising your online space to leverage your ability to attract mission-aligned funders into your inboxHow to ensure that potential funders can make the connection on the problem you are trying to solve so they are offering you funding in exchange for your solutionsHow to present your practice online as robust, experienced, premium and established How to get funders into your DM's offering $300,000 in grant funding straight into your inbox…and much more!This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodeshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodetranscriptFREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar Send Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: https://bit.ly/mmfundingintakeResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: Marsha Kentish, CEO and Founder of Altum Health and Wellness Website: Altumwellness.comInstagram: altum_healthwellnessDon't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Thank you visionaries! As we approach the end of this series on positioning your healthcare practice for 6- figure grants, I want to appreciate you for listening in, absorbing the knowledge and positioning yourself to serve the communities that need you. I appreciate you and your future communities appreciate you too.In this series we have explored clarifying your mission, your model of care, the minimums needed to run a viable practice and how to scale your impact. In this episode we discuss the final of the key essentials to positioning yourself for 6-figure grants - Messaging. You need to be able to communicate your message on how your practice is really going to change the game for the community you were called to serve and how it is an opportunity not to be passed up by any mission aligned partner or funder. We dive into the power of your message and the message of your movement, by unpacking the 5 pieces of how to put together a message suite to help attract a non-profit partner and funders.  What you'll learn from this episode:·      The importance of your practice message and how to define it·      How elevating the problem you want to resolve will grab the attention of your desired collaborator or funder.·      Why having a full proof elevator pitch will set you up for success.·      How to educate potential stakeholders on why existing solutions are not fit for purpose and how you will close that gap.·      The importance of showcasing your experience, why should they invest in you? ·      The vital need to evidence your work and your research. …and much more!This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have. Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodeshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodetranscriptLIVE Application Workshop: bit.ly/mmworkshopapplication_march23FREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar  Send Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message:https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: https://bit.ly/practiceintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicine Our website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: LIVE Application Workshop: bit.ly/mmworkshopapplication_march23 Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Welcome back Medicine Mavens! We are so excited to return to you this week with even more details on securing a 6-figure grant!In this episode of the Funding Your Healthcare Practice podcast Dr. Omolara shares the necessity of crafting a budget in order to help you get funded. You'll learn a lot in this episode about budgeting and how to create milestones that support the growth of your healthcare practice. In this episode you'll learn:Why it's so important to create a budget narrative for your healthcare practice or organizationHow the element of the budget NOT help you run your practice, but grow your practiceWhat a money milestone plan is and how to begin crafting one for your healthcare practice or organizationThe amount of time you should be budgeting your expenses for when it comes to presenting to funders…and so much more!This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episode7shownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodeseventranscriptLIVE Application Workshop: bit.ly/mmworkshopapplication_march23FREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar Send Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: https://bit.ly/practiceintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: LIVE Application Workshop: bit.ly/mmworkshopapplication_march23Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

This is another episode full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodesixshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodesixtranscriptLIVE Application Workshop: bit.ly/mmworkshopapplication_march23FREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar Send Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: https://bit.ly/practiceintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: LIVE Application Workshop: bit.ly/mmworkshopapplication_march23Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Welcome back visionaries! We've had such an amazing response to our series on how to position your healthcare practice for 6-figure grants and contracts.This episode of the Funding Your Healthcare Practice podcast Dr. Omolara continues to deep dive with the strategies necessary to clarify your model of care. What we want you to take from this episode is how important clarifying your model of care is to your funding success. It's critically important and makes you and your healthcare practice or organization stand out from others seeking their partnership and funding.What you'll learn from this episode:How to clarify your model of care so your funding partners can know the problem that you are addressing and they wanna know how you're going to do thatHow to show the method by which your practice you does things,  how is it different from what's already out there being done, and the reason why this is important to a funderThe three compelling features of your model of care that are important for you to focus on when meeting with funders…and much more!This is another episode chock full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodefiveshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodefivetranscriptSend Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesFREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar Submit an intake form: https://bit.ly/mmpracticeintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks to items mentioned in this episode: Women's Empowerment Council Award Ceremony & ReceptionDr. Amaka Nnamani, MD (@ziorasquest) • Instagram photos and videosSusan Ibuanokpe Pre and post Natal PractitionerMama's House - Pre and post natal community workshops and coursesShoutouts, comments, and questions:https://www.instagram.com/Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Welcome back! There are no words that can express how excited we are for your response to the new Funding Your Healthcare Vision podcast. We're incredibly excited about and dedicated to our mission of assisting healthcare practice owners and healthcare organizations to create partnerships that earn hundreds of thousands in funding and allow them to expand upon the urgent and incredibly necessary health equity initiatives that cater to the under-served people, families, and children in our communities. In today's episode of the Funding Your Healthcare Vision podcast Dr. Omolara is going do a deep dive into the strategies that can position your healthcare for 6-figure grants and contracts. And, the heart of this episode has to do with clarifying the mission of your work and how that can help connect you to institutions that pay you to leverage your expertise or your practice or organization's unique form of care for very specific populations.What you'll learn from this episode:How positioning your practice can lead you to lucrative funding partnerships that can help you fund your startup and growth phasesHow cultivate a strategy to determine what type of institutions are perfect for your health care practice or oragnization to collaborate with How to prepare your practice for collaborations and set your practice up for increased amounts of fundingHow to get clarity and create the opportunities that will allow you to address health care problems in not only in local underserved communities, but national ones…and much more!This is another episode chock full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodefourshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/episodefourtranscriptSend Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesFREE WEBINAR: The 5-Keys to Help Mission-Driven Health Practices Bring in $500k in Grants & Contracts Every Year : https://bit.ly/fivekeysforfundingwebinar Submit an intake form: https://bit.ly/mmpracticeintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coLinks mentioned in this episode: https://hippocratichosts.com/Shoutouts, comments, and questions:https://www.instagram.com/cookingonpurposehealth/https://www.instagram.com/theperioddoctor/Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Welcome welcome, Medicine Mavens! We're so happy to have you back with us today. As physicians, we're often used to limiting ourselves and the care we provide by focusing solely on direct patient care. But, as an entrepreneur, you want your healthcare practice reach to go beyond the status quo. You want to make a change. You want to reach underserved communities in a way traditional hospital care has been known to.In today's episode of the Funding Your Health Care Practice podcast Dr. Omolara is expanding upon last week's episode and sharing with you partnered strategies that can help you build upon the work you are already doing in your mission-driven healthcare practice by ensuring you have the funding you need to grow your practice and giving you the ability to create the impact you want to have within your community.What you'll learn from this episode:Three ways partnerships can help you attain funding to build and grow your mission-driven healthcare practiceHow integrated care payments built into your funding partnership can allow you to provide elevated levels of social care management into your healthcare practice servicesHow contracting can help you bring high-quality healthcare into non-traditional healthcare spacesHow partnering with nonprofits can not only give you access to grant-writing professionals but non-profit funds that allow you to serve underserved communities and expand upon their missionThis is another episode chock full of information, so be sure to take notes and reach out to us with any questions you may have.Find the show notes at: https://bit.ly/episodethreeshownotesRead the transcript for this episode at: https://bit.ly/seasonthreeepisodethreeSend Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. She'll answer your question on air!Send a voice message: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: https://bit.ly/mmpracticeintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coDon't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Hey Medicine Maven! I'm so glad you were here today! Part of the difficulty in understanding how to get funding is the work it takes learning what kind of funding is available out there. It's taken me YEARS to complete a lot of research, knowledge, conversations, interviews, and applications to get a comprehensive understanding of funding. And, as a busy physician, mom, wife, and likely so much more I know you just don't have that type of time. Funding isn't black or white. It's a complex structure of funding options, offers, engagement, and trade of future income and current equity that can be mind-boggling to traverse. While a colleague of yours may apply for and receive one type of funding, it's important for you to analyze your business from an intense lens to understand which type of funding available is right for you, right for your practice and will allow you to build, grow, and thrive at the highest level of success.In today's episode of the Funding Your Health Practice podcast I walk you through some of this education. That's right! I'm helping you take the first step into the deep dive that is funding for women physicians or health workers of color looking to build a social-focused, community-responsive, or mission-driven practice.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The solo methods of getting funding for your health practiceThe A,B,C,D,E method of considering what type of solo funding is available to and right for you and your practiceThe difference in acquisition, requirements, pay back structure, et al. between the types of solo funding available The pros and cons of solo funding available to you and your practice…and much more!Get a pen and a pad of paper (or, you know, open up a note taking application or software) and get ready. Don't miss all of this great information guaranteed to get you on the road to funding.Find the show notes at:Read the transcript for this episode at: melaninandmedicine.com/messagesWhether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode send Dr. O a voice massage. Maybe she'll answer your question on air!Send Dr. Omolara a voice message at: https://melaninandmedicine.co/messages Submit an intake form: https://bit.ly/practiceintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coCONNECT WITH US!InstagramLinkedInTwitterDon't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

Dr. Omolara is back! And, she's back with our new podcast Funding Your Healthcare Vision. We're back to remind each and every single one of you — looking to start and build your own mission-driven healthcare for-profit or non-profit business or practice — that we believe in you. We believe that you can change the world, and we know that you have what it takes to make your dreams come true.But here's the thing: if you don't have a funding strategy, your success is going to be sabotaged from the start. And if you're a black or brown woman entrepreneur trying to start or grow a business in health care, using any other sort of funds to elevate your healthcare practice or organization's growth can severely sabotage your success.Is bootstrapping your healthcare vision sabotaging your success before you even get started? Are you looking at equity-based funding and high-interest loans opportunities that will put you in debt and lose valuable stake and say in your own healthcare practices mission and values? There is money ready to be placed in the hands of Black and Brown women in medicine with an idea, a dream, or a vision that helps underserved communities, families, men, women, and children.And, we've branded our podcast to focus on sharing with you strategies that can get you funded (without dipping into your personal bank accounts, giving away equity to VCs and angels, and taking out a high-interest business loan). In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, Dr. Omolara is going to support you in getting endless funding from partnership opportunities, so that you could focus on doing what you do best: provide much-needed healthcare to underserved communities that need it most.  What You'll Learn From This Episode:How your intrapreneurial strategies have already prepared you for entrepreneurial partnership opportunitiesThe difference between the types funding available to you and what each can do for your growing healthcare practiceWhy partnerships and collaboration are important to get where you want your practice to goDr. Omolara's own personal story and how she raised nearly $1mil in funding to build a social justice healthcare practice in the community she cares deeply about is dedicated to providing careFind the show notes at:Read the transcript for this episode at: Send Dr. Omolara a voice message at the link below, whether you have a question about funding a mission-driven health practice or a response to this episode. Maybe she'll answer your question on air!https://melaninandmedicine.co/messagesSubmit an intake form: https://bit.ly/practiceintakeformResources: bit.ly/melaninandmedicineOur website: melaninandmedicine.coDon't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell us your key takeaways! CONNECT WITH US! Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

As we approach the next change of season, it's time to start thinking about what we — as Black women healthcare professionals at the forefront of making changes in health equity — have done, have yet to do, what seeds we will be planting, and what we're not feeling quite ready or able yet to grow to fruition out of unpreparedness, fear, reticence, or hesitancy. If you're feeling stuck in your life, career or business, and unsure how to move forward, I can help you. Check out our FREE transformational masterclass From Dreaming to Doing the Three Actionable Steps for Living Out Your Purpose. In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of normalizing , recognizing, and acknowledging the importance of the stages we take on the road to birthing our best.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Why it's okay to be in the space before your best work actually gets bornWhy you don't have to be 100% optimistic about the journey and to your best work and being ok with the journey that is part of getting thereUnderstanding you can't do it all and being at the forefront of change in healthcare is less about doing everything on your own, but derived from funding, resources and networksRemembering to learn from your past in order to create and birth the work that will change your futureHow to apply three important questions for reflection and gauging your successBe sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-855-3557Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninandmedicine.co/podcastCONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

Asking ourselves what we are building rather than what we are doing is the key to shifting our entire frame of reference towards building our vision. That's why episode 96 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about 4 key steps to building your vision without burnout! In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of aligning our actions with our own priorities instead of others priorities and using S.O.A.R. to create our vision without self sacrifice. What You'll Learn From This Episode: Becoming self aware to recognize where your tendencies and routines are not compatible with the ways in which you work best. Recognizing what opportunities we are missing out on because we are so consumed in other activities than can be delegated, automated, or deleted.Finding the blocks that are keeping you from taking action.    Recruiting and building a team to play key parts in making your vision happen. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERELINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Born to Build Book by Jim Clifton and Ph.D. Sangeeta Badal

As a black healthcare professional, you have an opportunity to make a real difference in your community and the world. This is the perfect time to get funding to build your own healthcare organization that helps the underserved. You can take control of your future and contribute so much to the lives of others.  Be your own boss. Work with full confidence, passion, freedom, and a sense of purpose that comes from helping people live their best lives.Our Funding the Future Masterclass is happening at the end of the month. In this transformational workshop we'll be sharing THE FIVE SECRETS FOR BLACK WOMEN IN HEALTHCARE TO GET 6-FIGURE FUNDING AND GROW THEIR ENTERPRISES FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES (without loans or giving up equity)! If you have a desire to get funded to launch and grow your own healthcare business , you won't want to miss out. Reserve your seat here.That's why in this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing  how to turn your passion into profit by following these 5 proven strategies.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The biggest mistakes in trying to turn your passion into a profit.Ask yourself these important questions so you can accurately assess your life and map out your purpose and passion.Knowing your values is one of the key turning points. With clear values, you'll be able to set better boundaries in your life.Having accountability will help you because what you've created needs to have expansion (and supportive people) behind it.The #1 thing that takes us away from profitability.Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

Clarity around your Passion is important because you stay for the long-run. It isn't something you'll just let go of. That's why this week we're discussing taking your passion and turning it into a profit.In this episode of the Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of finding your flow and using your past to identify things that were meaningful for you.Looking for guidance? Or, do you just need a dose of accountability in your life, career or entrepreneuralship journey? Send me a Support Request Form and get personalized feedback from me that will help you head down the road to growth that will start you living your most fulfilled life.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The biggest mistakes in trying to turn your passion into a profit.Ask yourself these important questions so you can accurately assess your life and map out your purpose and passion.Knowing your values is one of the key turning points. With clear values, you'll be able to set better boundaries in your life.Having accountability will help you because what you've created needs to have expansion (and supportive people) behind it.The #1 thing that takes us away from profitability.Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources.

Going through life without a mission can have serious ramifications on your health and wellbeing. That's why this week we're discussing the importance of creating your life and business mission! By the way, our Passion to Profit Masterclass is this upcoming weekend. In this transformational workshop we'll be sharing the 5 shifts that women of color in healthcare must make in order to grow businesses that create impact and income (even if you're still working a full-time job)! If you have a desire to launch and grow your own business for social impact and health justice, you won't want to miss out. Reserve your seat here.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast, I'm sharing the importance of crafting your mission and ways you can identify your life mission for yourself.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How do we get to our mission and how do we identify that for ourselves?Your mission isn't literally something that comes out of thin air. It's something you've done or have been doing, and you are missing it.So often we sit in our zone of excellence because we are good at something but we don't feel satisfied with that work. We need to make sure we are creating a life that adds value to us.4 Questions you need to ask yourself to determine if you are on the right path toward your life missionBe sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

We find ourselves “doing” so often that we don't take the time to reflect on how far we've come. That's why this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about reflecting to stay motivated! As Black women, we often limit our dreams, our impact, our wealth & even our legacy by not owning our power & maximizing it.Knowing whether you are fully owning your power is essential for helping you learn how you can tap into more power to live the life you deserve. When you reach out to me via our Support Request Form, you'll receive personalized feedback from to help guide you in your purpose, prioritizing your goals and designing a sustainable plan to make it all happen.We'll be hosting our Passion to Profit Masterclass soon. In this transformational workshop we'll be sharing the 5 shifts that women of color in healthcare must make in order to grow businesses that create impact and income (even if you're still working a full-time job)! If you have you have a desire to launch and grow your own business for social impact and health justice, you won't want to miss out. Reserve your seat here.This week, I'm sharing the importance of reflecting back on how far you've come in order to stay motivated and driven going forward.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Reflecting on the change that has occurred in your life over the past 12 months. Looking internally to notice change and drive our motivation when we might not be able to see it on the outside. How I have learned to create a vision of internal growth and start to recognize the fruits of my labor. Recognizing that the person you bring to the world in yourself is more valuable than what you bring to the world. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in healthcare to find their purpose and achieve their vision. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!LINKS MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:Get professional or personal support from Melanin & Medicine by completing an intake  at https://bit.ly/mmintakeformJoin us for our FREE masterclass on Saturday, April 30th at 12 PM EST. Register to grow your early or mid-stage healthcare social enterprise at https://melaninandmedicine.co/masterclassLearn more about Melanin & Medicine and Dr. Omolara at melaninandmedicine.co and tap into all of our resources.

Life has a way of presenting challenges from all angles, but it's important not to allow those barriers to redefine the way you view your ability to change what you CAN change. Don't settle into a rut - continue to look for a way out and find a solution. Your best life still exists. Trusting your vision is paramount to knowing that you can redesign your normal.So I have to ask: Where are you at this point? Do you have all of these things that lay a solid foundation for crafting your pivot? Or do gaps exist where you are realizing you need additional support to overcome your blocks?Don't forget, you can get direct support from me personally on your career, life, or health justice entrepreneurship journey. All you have to do is fill out our Support Request Form in order to get the support and accountability guidance you've been looking for.Too many of us are suffering in silence and in isolation. This is some of the most important work you may do - you cannot afford to approach your pivot with anything less than full vigor and preparation.In this week's episode of Melanin & Medicine you'll learn:Why it's important to guard yourself against learned helplessnessThe five best practices around making the shift into your purpose and overcoming the fear that usually accompanies this pivotWhy suffering alone is no longer acceptable…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources

As Black women in healthcare, it's extremely important for us to be observant about where justice is, who is not at the table and what's not being talked about. In this space, that can be very hard to do. And, it's particularly important to remember that —  doing the type of work we do —  healthcare workers go through a lot and have a high rate of burnout and mental illness. In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast we discuss why protecting and preserving each other as Black women in healthcare is essential to the collective movement and to pushing ourselves forward.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Why it's important to interrogate our lives, interrogate our power, and how and where to utilize itWhy we women need each other and the importance of connecting as a unit to further health justiceHow to address where or if you're taking somebody's power, where or if you haven't acknowledged somebody's power, and how are you address thatHow polite timidity is killing us, and how we can move in assertive solidarity to go for the throat of fear…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine hereLINKS MENTIONEDhttps://yhoo.it/3NTXCrS

Dr. Stella Safo is a Harvard trained board certified HIV primary care physician, and an expert in healthcare delivery modeling. An advocate in the highest sense –  who's committed to gender and racial equity – she's a founding member of Equity Now at Mount Sinai where she worked Vote Health and a co-founder of Coalition to Advance Anti-Racism and Medicine. She's been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo, finance, CBS. In 2020 she was named one of modern healthcare's top minority clinicians to watch. Her work as CEO and founder of Just Equity for Health is from a space of being in multiple areas of leadership in clinical transformation and healthcare consulting research, and being able to think about ways that we can bring equity into systems and, and create systems change.Here at Melanin & Medicine,  we're dedicated to our mission to provide a one-stop shop for community and coaching for Black women in healthcare. Take a moment to complete our Support Request Form so we can learn how we can support your personal development, work-life integration, career planning & transition or even pivoting into entrepreneurshipIn this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast we discuss  where we can start to think about ourselves as change agents and get some lessons around Dr. Safo's story around seeing what we do really as a push for us to be a change agent — no matter how big or small — and, how we do that is not only dependent on who we are, but also who we allow ourselves to be.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Knowing when your body and soul are telling you what it needs. Finding balance in life, and understanding the dangers of working so hard in an environment that is toxic and abusiveHow resourcing power and research works decisions are being made at the table of  highest levels — about funds and healthcare innovations will be used — and how often voices of patients practicing clinicians, and the people who have gone to med school are not in the roomOur responsibility to make sure that our patients are safe, especially our historically marginalized populationsDeveloping the seed in your head to one day run a health system company and do it in a way where people's humanity is at the forefront…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine hereLINKS MENTIONEDhttps://www.independent.com/2022/02/22/healing-justice-holds-discussion-around-preserving-black-legacies-in-santa-barbara/CONNECT WITH DR. STELLA SAFOhttps://twitter.com/ammahstarr?lang=enhttps://justequityforhealth.com/

As health justice centered people in particular, much of the work that we do is quite comfortable. And, it's sometimes difficult to have a clear vision in general for our lives and careers in order to determine what is worth staying for or keeping in our lives opposed to what we should to eliminate, leave and let go to gain personal clarity, career success, and economic independence. We forget to stop and reflect, which keeps us in spaces that do not allow us to evolve, even though our bodies are telling us to move or shift or do something different.We'll be hosting our Passion to Profit Masterclass Monday March 28th. In this transformational workshop we'll be sharing the 5 shifts that women of color in healthcare must make in order to grow businesses that create impact and income (even if you're still working a full-time job)! If you have you have a desire to launch and grow your own business for social impact and health justice, you won't want to miss out. Reserve your seat here.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast we discuss the ways to determine when it's time to pivot in your career and determine where our expertise and our genius can be best used to make the most impact and support the most people. .What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to designate and determine if it's time for you to make shifts in your justice center careerHow you can find freedom spaces inside of your organization that bring meaning If you can address your desire to pivot internally in your workplace? And, if not, being comfortable with making a complete shiftHow to create something outside of your organization or workplace to move quickly into an impactful and highly visible health justice and equity career space…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine hereLINKS MENTIONEDhttps://medcitynews.com/2022/03/socially-determined-unveils-metric-measuring-impact-of-social-connectedness-on-health-outcomes-business-performance/https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/03/11/many-medicaid-recipients-could-lose-coverage-as-pandemic-ends

As women of color, we have a unique amount of both professional experience that's been curated and personal connections. The ideas that we come up with in terms of what we think is going to be helpful for the health of our communities are extremely culturally informed. Why aren't these accessible to the larger audience? Why aren't we making sure these are available to as many people as possible? If you are someone who has worked in healthcare at any point you have a speaking possibility, if you choose to pursue it. And, it is going to be both powerful for your work and profitable for you.Before we get into our topic, we'll be hosting our Passion to Profit Masterclass soon. In this transformational workshop we'll be sharing the 5 shifts that women of color in healthcare must make in order to grow businesses that create impact and income (even if you're still working a full-time job)! If you have you have a desire to launch and grow your own business for social impact and health justice, you won't want to miss out. Reserve your seat here.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast we discuss making a shift in our work to add speaking as a revenue stream that allows for us to create bandwidth in our clinical work as well as really feel like we're making an impact outside of one-to-one care.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Professional speaking and the mistakes that you need to avoidHow to use speaking of opportunities that can go the long distance to leverage your businessThe importance of learning the art of pitching yourself to media speaking platforms and being Determining if you will focus your speaking efforts on being a specialist or a generalistThe importance of creating a frameworkHow to always make sure that you are clear about your speaking intention ie and your call to action…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine hereLINKS MENTIONEDhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/02/24/black-women-health-care-jobs/

Dr. Dedra Beckles is a family physician who pivoted out of the corporate medicine space after 16 years to create — together with her partner who is a licensed clinical psychologist — a spiritually integrated practice, designed to promote true healing for black communities. They are providing physical health services, behavioral health services, social services, and spiritual support,  helping patients of color achieve exceptional levels of health and wellness without the fear of racism and discrimination that is rife rife in corporate medical systems.Don't forget, you can complete our Discovery Form. It's FREE and takes only 5-minutes! We want to learn how the Melanin & Medicine team can support you to plan, build, fund, or grow your healthcare practice or consulting firm to serve diverse, underserved communities. And, by filling out the Discovery Form we create a roadmap for you to entrepreneurial success.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast we discuss how It's never too late to pivot into into the work you are supposed to be doing and the avenues available to help you start to move it into reality.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The shift that occurs when you feel a God-led desire to move away from what you felt would be your “forever job” and into your own healthcare businessHow to stand in who we are authentically as black women in this the healthcare space — in all of our power and all of our gloryHow to conquer “imposter syndrome” and the feelings of difficulty experienced when moving into your own entrepreneurial spaceUnderstanding that corporate medicine isn't immune to anti-Blackness, and how we protecting ourselves from it by moving into our own spiritual-led practices…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigineous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Our new website has launched! Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine hereLINKS MENTIONEDhttps://www.brookings.edu/research/5-building-blocks-to-help-achieve-greater-health-equity/#:~:text=These%20include%20a%20national%20commitment,designed%20financial%20assistance%20for%20coverage.

What allows racial segregation to happen? Why do communities with proximity to whiteness have higher density of health and increased quality of care? And, as physicians serving Black patients, are we doing the work of remaining familiar with the laws and red-lining in government that has created such silos. How do we break down the barriers that have created these silos that we're trying to redistribute equity across? Before we get deeper into the topic, don't forget, you can complete our Discovery Form. It's FREE and takes only 5-minutes! We want to learn how the Melanin & Medicine team can support you to plan, build, fund, or grow your healthcare practice or consulting firm to serve diverse, underserved communities. And, by filling out the Discovery Form we create a roadmap for you to entrepreneurial success.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast we discuss centering anti-black racism and making sure our interventions are addressing it, particularly in terms of dismantling and making sure our health interventions are equitable and just. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Why it's important to determine why anti-blackness silos exist and the ways you can break them down in your enterpriseThe importance of providing healthcare solutions that are responsive and deep enough to result in change for those that have the least proximate to whitenessHow to make sure the things that lead people potentially having to live in certain areas versus others is the focus and target of your health interventions How to determine the potential benefits for black communities in the type of intervention work you are doing…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigineous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Our new website has launched! Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine here.LINKS MENTIONEDhttps://academic.oup.com/jamia/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocac015/6527524

As women of color, a lot of us are indoctrinated to not make waves; to blend in. We were led to be unsure of how the work we are doing would be received, so we became comfortable with shrinking our visibility. But, many of us want to have an impact and want to have our ideas and solutions in health justice extend and not feel as if we are doing something outside of the norm or “outside of the box”. We want vocalization and visibility to be the accepted standard for BIWOC in medicine.Don't forget, the FREE Stop Waiting & Start Creating workshop, with Dr. Omolara — who has won six-figure funding for two successful social enterprises — is coming up soon! In it she teaches you how your social impact business or practice idea or vision CAN be primed for maximum funding opportunities.  In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast we discuss visibility and what it would look like if the work you were doing — and the results you were getting for communities of color —  happened in multiple spaces and had a multiplier effect.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to shift from being a generalist to a specialist in your workHow to identify the levers that will identify the solutions you intend supply and present to your communityHow to create a framework to leverage your community networks in order to present those solutionsHow to niche and fine tune your specific focus in order to enter your “speciality bubble” …and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget, you can complete our Business Profitability Assessment Form so we can learn how the Melanin & Medicine team can support you to plan, build, fund, or grow your healthcare practice or consulting firm to serve diverse, underserved communities.Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH on her website: melaninandmedicine.co and to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine hereLINKS MENTIONEDhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/health/black-patients-doctor-notes-diabetes.html

For some of us our workplace is an evolutionary space; a test space to learn what it is we truly desire to truly do. As women of color, many of us have recognized we have to do things differently. We have our jobs, the day-to-day work we do for a clinic, hospital, or organization that earn us a paycheck. But, we're also out in the community doing healthcare justice work that really matters to us: spreading community health education, creating health programs, launching health fairs, building advocacy and creating partnerships, etc. And, spreading ourselves so thin — while holding a full-time job —-  can be exhausting.In our FREE Stop Waiting & Start Creating workshop, Dr. Omolara — who has won six-figure funding for two successful social enterprises — teaches you how your social impact business or practice idea or vision CAN be primed for maximum funding opportunities.  That's why this episode of the Melanin & Medicine podcast allows you to examine if your current career is limiting or lifting your impact in the healthcare space. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to compensate for your time as a health justice professionalHow to identify the work that your community most needs from youHow to create change in your career to focus your time on the work you find most important and extraordinary to youHow to stop limiting your impact and allow yourself to show up in your highest power…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget, you can complete our Business Profitability Assessment Form so we can learn how the Melanin & Medicine team can support you to plan, build, fund, or grow your healthcare practice or consulting firm to serve diverse, underserved communities.Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Our new website has launched! Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine hereLINKS MENTIONEDhttps://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20220125.966408/https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01489

When we think about entrepreneurship, we think bootstrapping. We're so used to having or using the least amount of resources from our own pockets or paychecks to make things happen. But, think about it… who does that serve?  When it comes to entrepreneurship funding and evaluation need to be thought of as a key part of the work you do to build a business. In our FREE Stop Waiting & Start Creating workshop, Dr. Omolara — who has won six-figure funding for two successful social enterprises — teaches you how your social impact business or practice idea or vision CAN be primed for maximum funding opportunities.  When people spend money on something they don't just want to spend, they want to invest. That's why this episode focuses on thinking about ways that we not just do the work of creating a business, but make sure your efforts and ideas attract social investors so your business can be sustainable. And, in order to attract those investors, you need to deeply evaluate your social impact entrepreneurship venture. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to make sure you create a social impact business that is valuable How to ensure your social impact business is buyableHow to create a novel social impact business that is sustainable and verifiable Ways to position your social entrepreneurship venture as a scalable and visionary business …and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black, LatinX, and Indigenous women in medicine to create sustainable health equity initiatives, opportunities, and entrepreneurships that get funded. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget, you can complete our Discovery Form so we can learn how the Melanin & Medicine team can support you to plan, build, fund, or grow your healthcare practice or consulting firm to serve diverse, underserved communities.Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at: https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Our new website has launched! Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine.LINKS MENTIONEDhttps://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/02/02/neo-nazis-target-anti-racist-doctors-at-brigham-and-womens-hospital-calling-them-anti-white

Welcome to Season 2 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast!There are so many times when we feel like we're being blocked from reaching our goals by our own anxiety or hesitancy. This is a pretty common feeling among BIWOC women in healthcare – especially those in positions of creating opportunities for the underserved in the space of health justice. The reality is that we're not stuck. We're simply not regularly tapping into the key behaviors that help to keep us moving. It's just a matter of knowing  the decision to do so, breaking it up into manageable chunks, and taking those actions.Don't forget, you can complete our Discovery Form so we can learn how the Melanin & Medicine team can support you to plan, build, fund, or grow your healthcare practice or consulting firm to serve diverse, underserved communities.On our first episode of this new season, we're discussing the strategies that will help get you unstuck whenever you encounter a roadblock in your toward healthy equity. What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to stay the course and remain grounded in your social impact entrepreneurship journeyHow  to tap into the WHY of your enterprise in order to feel truly connected to your visionHow to find motivation WHEN you feel overwhelmed in your health justice workThe importance of determining WHO and WHAT you need in order to help you move past your blocks and build your vision…and much more!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Our new website has launched! Head on over to melaninandmedicine.co to take a look and tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine here

Since our inception, Melanin & Medicine has shifted from helping Black women physicians thrive inside of existing healthcare structures to making a decision to help them create new ways of being, new ways of transforming healthcare that don't need to fit into what has traditionally been presented to them. That's why episode 117 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about empowering underrepresented women in medicine to transform healthcare!Complete our Discovery Form so we can learn how we can support you to plan, build, fund, or grow your healthcare practice or consulting firm to serve diverse, underserved communitiesAs we move to our new season and start 2022, we wanted to give you a behind the scenes moment with our team to learn about who we are, what we've learned that is so important for all of you who are committed to doing this transformative health equity work.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How to shift with ease when the vision of your work expands or changesHow to decide and feel confident in your role in the health equity movementHow to create the bandwidth to use their genius and gift to dismantle and help rebuild the systems.How to accept when your work is moving from a mission to ministry to movement, and when to build your teamBe sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-855-3557Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

Self-sabotage often is something we continually overlook as we build, fund, and grow our businesses but is actually one of the most critical things we need to be aware of in this journey. That's why episode 116 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to overcome self-sabotaging your income & impact in social entrepreneurship!The Stop Waiting, Start Creating Workshop is a FREE workshop where you will learn the basics of building and procuring funding for your practice as a social entrepreneur. Make sure you reserve your spot to see how focusing on serving those with highest-need can access more diverse funding streams.In this episode, I'm sharing the importance of identifying where you may be self-sabotaging your business and how to fix it.The 3 Most Important Ways Self-Sabotage Shows Up Are:Not strategically networking both online and offline to build connections that can accelerate the progress of your work. Avoiding partnering with others who can help us build bigger and make an impact on more people.Thinking we always have to bootstrap and fund everything ourselves instead of seeking funding that can take us further, faster. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

We all have gifts and skills that we have already been utilizing so to go bigger, you don't have to reinvent the wheel, you just have to use what you have already done. That's why episode 115 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to build and grow the million-dollar social enterprise that you're probably sitting on right now.Stop Waiting & Start Creating is a FREE  workshop where you get an opportunity to solidify the vision that your is business and recognize that it CAN be primed for maximum funding opportunities. There, I take a close look at your business or business idea and offer personalized  building and funding recommendations based on where you are in order to get you to where you want to be.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of acknowledging and understanding that not everyone has your unique combination of skills and taking action without holding yourself back by focusing on perfection instead of excellence. The 3 pieces of homework I want you to do after listening to this episode are:Take an inventory of your gifts, skills, and most importantly- how you have made a difference to people.Ideate how the things you listed in step number 1 can bring value now by making an impact on various groups and communities. Improve on that by looking at your network and understanding who needs that value right now.Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

When making a career pivot, it is important to understand if you are living in your ancestors story or your own. That's why episode 114 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to start and succeed in business!The Idea to Impact Accelerator On Demand is a one-day intensive workshop that will transform your business idea into an actionable massive profit plan. We get to work using my 4 step business building formula that ensures you have clear action steps and goals for each monthly milestone.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, my guest Dr. Tammi Green shares the importance of finding out what your own passions in life are and acknowledging the challenges of entrepreneurship so that you can overcome them and bring yourself closer to that passion.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Finding your passions by asking yourself when was the last time you were truly, genuinely happy doing something.Letting go of your ancestors stories to make room for you to write your own.How Dr. Tammi Green helps her clients master the 3 M's: Mindset, Movement, and Munchies. Opening yourself up to be a student of personal development.Acknowledging and accepting the personal, financial and relationship challenges and hardships that come with entrepreneurship, but finding the drive to keep going anyway.Rethinking how we define the word “fit.”Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERECONNECT WITH DR. TAMMI GREEN:InstagramYouTubeMastermindGet Fit Sis

As an entrepreneur, you have the freedom to create a space that you not only fit in but are called to build. That's why episode 113 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about overcoming challenges to growing your business!Make sure to get our Funding Your Healthcare Vision workshop bundle is for women healthcare professionals who want to learn how to easily fund, build and grow their own social enterprise, whether for-profit or nonprofit, to transform the healthcare system through building a healthcare space, organization, consulting, or any combination of these.Dr. Woodhouse is a triple board-certified physician in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Bariatric Medicine. As a Commissioned Corps officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, she crisscrossed the country for 8 years providing medical care to a wide variety of medically underserved communities and serving during Hurricane Katrina. After completing her active-duty obligation, she continued locum work in a large hospital-based employed private practice system. As such, she has been a proud professional locum physician for over 20 years. A joyful and thriving burnout survivor, she loves helping occupationally stressed women physicians realize the power they possess over their life's work.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, my guest Dr. Catherine Woodhouse shares the importance of having patience with yourself as you enter into this next phase of your life or business and practical advice to follow as you start your entrepreneurial journey. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Relinquishing control over and putting faith in the things that are out of your hands while focusing on the elements of your business you CAN control. Why you might be feeling fear of success just as much as a fear of failure and a mindset shift you can practice to change your perspective.Three important practices that are essential when shifting into entrepreneurship.Answering the question surrounding the possibility of scaling what you already have.The power and impact of finding a coach and a community of like-minded women to elevate you to the next level in your business. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-855-3557Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERECONNECT WITH DR. CATHERINE WOODHOUSE: LinkedInWebsiteLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Business Made Simple by Donald MillerBuilding a StoryBrand by Donald MillerGet Rich Lucky Bitch by Denise Duffield-Thomas

As Black women in medicine, there are so many things we do to ourselves that are acting as barriers to our own transformation. The second we stop and listen to the signs we are given and start taking courageous action, we will see a shift in our lives.  That's why episode 112 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about transforming into your 2.0 self, a profitable and powerful entrepreneur! Make sure to get our Funding Your Healthcare Vision workshop bundle is for women healthcare professionals who want to learn how to easily fund, build and grow their own social enterprise, whether for-profit or nonprofit, to transform the healthcare system through building a healthcare space, organization, consulting, or any combination of these.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, my guest, Dr. Muyibat, orthopedic surgeon and life coach shares the importance of gaining charity on where you are meant to go in life and taking courageous steps outside of your comfort zone to get you there.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The number 1 sign that you are wasting your time and that you are ready to pivot. The mental work and grounding down that needs to be done before moving into creating your own space to exist in. Going through the vetting process of understanding what is right for you, how you're going to do it, and removing the rest.Dr. Muyibat's top pieces of advice for anyone seeking clarity on taking the next steps into their 2.0 self.The importance of having community spaces where you can be vulnerable and remove the pressures of the “Dr.” label.Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HEREMORE ABOUT OUR GUESTDr. Adelani is an orthopedic surgeon who has been in practice for over seven years. Alongside her practice, she has been highly involved in medical student and resident education through coaching. She has developed a passion for supporting trainees of color by preparing them for their lives as practicing physicians. Outside of work, she enjoys sports, photography, and interior design.CONNECT WITH DR. MUYIBAT ADELANI on Instagram  

When black women physicians start to prioritize their dreams and aspirations, they can build wealth, legacy, and find fulfillment in themselves in order to provide it to others. That's why episode 111 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is encouraging listeners to stop letting workplaces limit their legacy. The Stop Waiting & Start Creating Workshop is a FREE one-hour workshop that will help you understand why it's important for seek funding for your Social Impact Business NOW. During this session, Dr. Omolara will give you a deep dive into the basics of building and procuring funding for your practice as a social entrepreneur. She'll also cover why this is one of the best times for Black female founders to start their social impact practice. In this workshop you'll learn:How a social impact business that focuses on serving those with highest-need can access more diverse funding streamsHow to take advantage of value-based reimbursementHow value-based reimbursement can help you gain more visibility for sustained business growthInstead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of understanding that purpose and profit can be linked as one and breaking through the boundaries you are putting up for yourself. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Determining what things you may need to get rid of in order to live the life of your dreams.Linking purpose and profit together as one rather than seeing them as separate entities. Questions to ask yourself when considering if you are holding yourself back. The importance of becoming aware and comfortable with your own priorities instead of mirroring the priorities of others. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPHTap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

Most of us think that once we have the tools and the strategy we can finally get unstuck and start taking action but so often we find out that we are still missing that mindset piece needed to build. That's why episode 110 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about what you're missing in your strategy to build and grow your business!  Make sure to get our Funding Your Healthcare Vision workshop bundle is for women healthcare professionals who want to learn how to easily fund, build and grow their own social enterprise, whether for-profit or nonprofit, to transform the healthcare system through building a healthcare space, organization, consulting, or any combination of these.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of recognizing that you have the power to move yourself forward and doing the mindset work to propel yourself further. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Breaking your goals up into smaller, more manageable tasks and start building upon them as you build your way up to the bigger task at hand.Understanding what drives motivation for you and acknowledging that it may not look the same for everyone. Using the 3 step process of auditing past challenges, assessing your tendency, and figuring out what habits you need to create in order keep yourself moving on the right path towards your goals. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text FUNDING REPLAY to 516-855-3557Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERELINKS MENTIONED:The Four Tendencies QuizAtomic Habits by James Clear 

As a healthcare provider, it is so valuable to move around and experience how different facilities operate so that you can find the gaps to create a solution for in your own business for better healthcare overall. That's why episode 109 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about taking your entrepreneurial skills into the entrepreneur space to fill the gaps in the industry! The 2021 Funding Your Healthcare Vision Summit is a one-day event  that will highlight and create perspective for Black women in healthcare to get funding to create profitable, purpose-led & uniquely funded businesses or practices that are uniquely designed to provide equity for underserved Black and Brown populations.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, my guest (and coaching client) Dr. Alana Arnold shares the importance of being coachable to be the client you wish to have one day and to shift your perspective to look at your business idea with an entrepreneurial lens alongside your physician lens.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Seeking out the autonomy to try out new processes in your healthcare system and asking for the space to tweak these processes as needed. Taking your intrapreneurship experience and building off of it outside of your facility to become an entrepreneur by nature. The challenges Dr. Alana Arnold faced while getting her business off the ground and how Melanin and Medicine has helped overcome some of these hurdlesDoing something small every day to actively progress towards your goals. The big takeaways from someone working in the business to business space and how to come out on top. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERECONNECT WITH DR. ALANA ARNOLD: AJA Medical Consulting Website

Oftentimes, we set ourselves up to be the weak link in our funding requests because we fail to consider that who we are and our mission is just as important as the solution we are trying to create. That's why episode 108 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about investors are not just investing in your solution, they are investing in you! The 2021 Funding Your Healthcare Vision Summit is a one-day event  that will highlight and create perspective for Black women in healthcare to get funding to create profitable, purpose-led & uniquely funded businesses or practices that are uniquely designed to provide equity for underserved Black and Brown populations.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician. In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of establishing your why behind the solution you are trying to create in order to show investors that your request is a natural extension of your organization.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Why you are the most important factor in your funding request. How seeking funding can actually make you a better business person.What rap and hip hop have to do with seeking funding. The 3 questions to consider before starting the journey of asking for funding. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

It is important to create a business based on your own values, but you also must consider that it is not only valuable and meaningful to your initial funders, but to the customers that will keep it going for years to come. That's why episode 107  of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about creating a business idea that you can get funded to build! The 2021 Funding Your Healthcare Vision Summit is a one-day event  that will highlight and create perspective for Black women in healthcare to get funding to create profitable, purpose-led & uniquely funded businesses or practices that are uniquely designed to provide equity for underserved Black and Brown populations.Instead of sitting on a life-changing idea — that will contribute to your community — wondering if it is fundable and doable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to apply for and get hundreds of thousands in funding that will allow you to build and grow your own social impact business, practice or consultancy.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of putting together a business idea that is meaningful to both initial investors and future customers and leveraging that value to get funded.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Covering the first two pillars in the acronym I ask when exploring business ideas: Does it bring new L.I.F.E.?Knowing your own 5 core values is a starting point to knowing what values might be important to others. Using the acronym K.A.P. when asking yourself if your idea is going to create change or make an impact in some way.Ensuring that your idea has staying power in order to leave a legacy far beyond money.Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

Our entrepreneurial story is often built around this hustle and grow methodology but if you were able to start with 6 figures towards your dream business instead of hustling to get them, think about how much farther you could get. That's why episode 106 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is part one of our dreams with deadlines series on finding funding as a black woman entrepreneur! The Idea to Impact Accelerator On Demand is a one-day intensive workshop that will transform your business idea into an actionable massive profit plan. We get to work using my 4 step business building formula that ensures you have clear action steps and goals for each monthly milestone.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of exploring other business models outside of the traditional build, fund, grow model and thinking outside of the box to fund your dream business outside of a partnership with a healthcare facility. What You'll Learn From This Episode:Omolara's journey of building two successful businesses with two different growth models. The traditional “build, fund, grow” model vs. the “fund, build, grow” model.Overcoming our past perceptions of what it looks like to be self-made and finding easier ways to get there. Receiving funding while keeping ownership in your business. The severe lack of venture capital funding that black and latin-x women receive comparatively to others in their same industry. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERELINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEProjectDiane

A lot of the reason businesses fail to grow is that entrepreneurs don't take the time to slow down and do the self work that is needed to grow. That's why episode 105 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about doing something different to get something different! The Idea to Impact Accelerator On Demand is a one-day intensive workshop that will transform your business idea into an actionable massive profit plan. We get to work using my 4 step business building formula that ensures you have clear action steps and goals for each monthly milestone.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of being in alignment with yourself so that you can be in alignment with your business and taking the time to pivot when necessary.What You'll Learn From This Episode:How Dr. Kerry Watson used the break that we all got from COVID to reevaluate how she was going to show up and serve her clients in a new context of healthcare.The challenges black women face when starting their businesses. Using the “parallel universe” practice to remove yourself from your limiting beliefs and recenter yourself in your decision making.Investing in a mentor to learn from their mistakes and experiences so that you can save time and do it right the first time.What value-based care is and how it can drastically change the way in which patients receive care.Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERECONNECT WITH DR. KERRY WATSON: Seven Levels Deep & The Clarity Tool WorksheetInstagram

Whether you have to look closely or dodge getting hit in the head by a sign, you are surrounded by all the signs you need to leap into making the changes in your life that will take you on a new path towards success. That's why episode 104 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about operating in your true self! The Idea to Impact Accelerator On Demand is a one-day intensive workshop that will transform your business idea into an actionable massive profit plan. We get to work using my 4 step business building formula that ensures you have clear action steps and goals for each monthly milestone.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, my guest Dr. Margaret Towolawi shares the importance of listening to the signs that point you to a new journey for yourself and looking back on how far you've come to celebrate your successes.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Listening to the signs when they are telling you to move on and the amount of doors that will open for you when you do so. Dr. Margaret Towolawi's story of leaving her career and successfully taking her side hustle full time all in the middle of a pandemic. The important mindset shifts that are needed to happen when moving into entrepreneurship. Negotiating your pay or setting your prices to reflect your worth. Dr. Towolawi's top 3 skin care tips that she has learned in her business. Celebrating your wins and reflecting back on your accomplishments. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERECONNECT WITH DR. MARGARET TOWOLAWI  : Skin Stat MD InstagramSkin Stat MD WebsiteLive in Your Best Skin E-Book Nurture Well Center Website LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:How To Heal Your Relationship With Money by Kara Stevens 

Too many of us are not owning our power and missing out on amazing opportunities. When you finally realize what you are supposed to do, there is this place before taking action where you have to truly feel empowered to take that next step. That's why episode 103 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about learning what you have and taking action! The Idea to Impact Accelerator is a one-day intensive workshop that will transform your business idea into an actionable massive profit plan. We get to work using my 4 step business building formula that ensures you have clear action steps and goals for each monthly milestone.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.Dr. Rachel Miller is a Board-Certified Ob/Gyn Physician, Certified Executive Coach, Healthcare Leadership Consultant, and Genos EI Practitioner. In this episode, she shares her journey from clinical medicine into her dream job and what she had to learn.What You'll Learn From This Episode:What life looked like before she pivoted into coaching and the catalyst that moved her thereWhen I saw there was a gap between the leadership and the clinicians working on the floor, I knew that I could fill that gap with coaching. The importance of putting a line in the sand to establish what we will and won't do, and owning thatHow emotional intelligence can help women through careers in medicineBe sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-855-3557Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERECONNECT WITH DR. RACHEL MILLER: Pocket BridgesInstagram

You have to allow space and time in your life to move forward toward the impact you want to achieve. That's why episode 102 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is sharing how Dr. Michelle Flemmings was able to secure three coaching clients in less than 30 days of starting her business! The Idea to Impact Accelerator is a one-day intensive workshop that will transform your business idea into an actionable massive profit plan. We get to work using my 4 step business building formula that ensures you have clear action steps and goals for each monthly milestone.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, Dr. Michelle is sharing how through the Idea to Impact Accelerator, she was able to get 3 brand new coaching clients in less than 30 days of starting her business.What You'll Learn From This Episode:The pivot journey and the psychographics of where she started and how she's determined to help young, Black doctors to continue to dream.How Dr. Michelle got her first aligned client and her transition toward feeling her purpose.The four components that go into starting your business: clarity, community, commitment, and confidence.Three non-negotiable things needed when building a business.Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERELINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Facebook Community

When it comes to branching out and starting a practice of your own, it is important to realize that you do not have to do things the way in which they have always been done. That's why episode 101 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about the lessons I've learned on how to build an award-winning practice as a black woman physician! The Idea to Impact Accelerator is a one-day intensive workshop that will transform your business idea into an actionable massive profit plan. We get to work using my 4 step business building formula that ensures you have clear action steps and goals for each monthly milestone.Instead of sitting on an idea wondering if it'll be profitable, you leave with the confidence and the proven concept needed to create a stream of income that will allow you to complement or replace your income as a physician.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of opening your eyes to new strategies that don't fit into the one size fits all business model and not being afraid to do what hasn't been done.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Looking at the things you are currently doing within your role and recognizing which of these can act as an entrepreneurial business model to branch out with. Observing what works and what doesn't to appropriately invest your time in the efforts that will give you a higher ROI. Not letting your idea diminish because you are afraid to share it and allow others to hold you accountable for achieving it. Using the parasite model to look at what others are offering your target audience and how you can make it better with your unique skills and resources. Remembering that every big business starts small and the steps you are taking today will be transformational in where you are headed. Bonus tips for boosting your success and build your award-winning practice. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

Many of us are hoping, waiting, and wishing for the doors to open for us when we really should be creating our own opportunities and busting down the doors ourselves. That's why episode 100 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about how to own your power! By the way, don't forget to apply to Passion to Profit, our 12-week business incubator with integrated coaching, classes & curricula that helps Black women doctors turn their passion to profit and become accomplished business owners within a safe, supportive community of other Black women physician- entrepreneurs.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of getting over the fear that is holding you back from owning your power and begin making the empowered moves to our goals.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Supporting women as they go from being scared to act on their desires to feel empowered to take action and change their lives. The ways in which my overarching desire to be liked by others was costing me my life. Breaking free from the institutions that keep us trapped in the mindset that there isn't anything better out there for us.Understanding where we can go from here, whether that be pivoting into a new role within your current institution or starting something new. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

The issue does not lie in knowing what we want to do and knowing what to do in order to get there, the problem lies with believing in ourselves that we can do it. That's why episode 99 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about overcoming the biggest barriers to building and growing our business as black women! By the way, don't forget to apply to Passion to Profit, our 12-week business incubator with integrated coaching, classes & curricula that helps Black women doctors turn their passion to profit and become accomplished business owners within a safe, supportive community of other Black women physician- entrepreneurs.In this episode of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast, I'm sharing the importance of looking back on your progress and everything that you have overcome and convincing yourself that it is more than possible for you to do what you are set out to do.What You'll Learn From This Episode:Minimizing the limits and restrictions we put on ourselves to no longer make ourselves smaller than our true power. Surrounding ourselves with people who are in the place we want to be in order to live in inspiration and think in that mindset. Overcoming our negative money mindset to break the money ceiling we have set for ourselves. Restructuring our mindset to believe in ourselves and block out the messages telling us otherwise. Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERE

We don't always get to choose when we shift careers and that's exactly what happened to Dr. Kiarra King. This week, episode 98 of the Melanin & Medicine Podcast is about sudden career transitions and how that can lead us to our truest purpose if we trust the process!By the way, don't forget to apply to Passion to Profit, our 12-week business incubator with integrated coaching, classes & curricula that helps Black women doctors turn their passion to profit and become accomplished business owners within a safe, supportive community of other Black women physician- entrepreneurs.Dr. Kiarra King MD is a Chicago-based physician who is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She passionately cares for women and believes that education is empowerment. Known not only for her compassionate bedside manner, she is a sought-after media expert in the women's health and wellness space, a speaker and a digital content creator in the fashion and lifestyle spaces. She actively works to ensure her patients and community are informed. Dr. King's mission is to live a life that inspires those around her to embrace their given beauty, optimize their health and walk in their purpose.What You'll Learn From This Episode:As a multi-passionate person, Dr. King realized that there is more to her purpose than what she is currently doing or has done in the past. It is ever-evolving.Your purpose can be more than just being a physician and that's ok. How to make shifts and overcome the mentalities that hold us back from taking action toward our purpose.When things happen in your career that can be life-altering, it's important to reflect on Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on empowering Black women in medicine and academia to find their purpose and achieve their vision.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Don't forget to text PODCAST to 516-357-5811Learn more about Melanin & Medicine and Omolara at https://melaninmedicine.buzzsprout.com/ CONNECT WITH DR. OMOLARA UWEMEDIMO MD, MPH:Tap into all of our resources at Melanin & Medicine HERECONNECT WITH DR. KIARRA KING MD: FacebookInstagramWebsiteAging In Melanin