Mtg: More Than Graphics

What's gratitude look like in everyday living? How can you better practice gratitude? Co-host Danielle was surprised by the podcast takeover of her own executive staff of Octane Design Studios for a bonus episode of November's theme of gratitude! Did you know? Octane Design Studios is a 13 year old branding and digital marketing company that recently embarked on podcast production services the past 4 years. Hear these gems directly from them as Danielle learns more about the women behind the staff that leads her company's ship. Follow the Ladies: www.instagram.com/condesaok https://www.instagram.com/late_notsorry Follow The Team: www.instagram.com/octanedesigns www.facebook.com/octanedesigns www.twitter.com/octanedeisgns

Danielle and Cicely return from a needed Autumn break to dive head first into November's seasonal theme of GRATITUDE. This specific topic covers the intersections of finding gratitude in difficult moments from our Clubhouse weekly episodes. We didn't hold back on the transparency and encourage our listeners to find their own truth & strength in it.  Like what you hear? Follow us online at mtgthepodcast.com and interact with us on socials with feedback from our podcast episodes!  www.instagram.com/octandesigns www.instagram.com/bougienursebabe www.facebook.com/mtgthepodcast www.twitter.com/mtgthepodcast1

This months topic is HESITATE and in the episode we are NOT hesitating about discussing disparities in medicine for people of color. Our guest Dr. Fenwa Milhouse gives a glimpse for many of us the daily hurdles she experiences as a Black Woman urologist and demystifying the convo around, you guessed it... pee.  Dr Fenwa Milhouse is a fellowship-trained, board certified urologist. Originally born in Nigeria, her family immigrated to the US when she was a young child. She grew up in Texas and ended up at the University of Texas at Houston for medical school. After hearing a lecture about urology given by an African American woman urologist, she found her calling. She trained at the University of Chicago for urology residency. Thereafter, she completed her fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. She is a wife and mother of 3. She is passionate about introducing the public to the world of urology, mentoring underrepresented minorities, and diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

Interested in hearing full artisan expression through the lense of Black men? Look no further than this episode! Listen to our interesting chat with Keith Cooper co-host of Blerd.ish! Podcast and independent comic distribution artist. Keith Cooper is half the dynamic duo of Blerd.ish! podcast and online comic book pop up shop. Keith is an independent distributior for artists that consist of indie comics to manga and art prints. Their podcast consist of reviews of things we watch and enjoy and guests includes a focus on black creators in various walks of life. Blerd.ish! Is in the process of creating our own comic styled coloring book based on their experiences, one day. FOLLOW KEITH www.blerd-ish.com https://www.instagram.com/blerd.ish/ https://www.facebook.com/Blerdish1 https://www.twitch.tv/blerd_ish FOLLOW MTG www.mtgthepocast.com www.instagram.com/octanedesigns www.instagram.com/bougienursebabe

Tis the season for INTENTION! Our top guest of the month is Kellie Daab who dives into her story and shares reasonable steps you can take to garner a deeper level of intention in your season!  Kellie Daab is the Highly Sensitive CEO. After working in the creative industry for her entire career, Kellie couldn’t understand why she felt different from other entrepreneurs. Despite running a highly successful education business, speaking on dozens of stages, and winning multiple awards - Kellie still felt something was “wrong with her”. She set out to determine why she felt overwhelmed and unfilled in business and life. That’s when she discovered HSP and the traits of a highly sensitive person. Kellie went on a quest to find a new way of living and working. Since then, Kellie has completely reset her business and reclaimed her peace. Now, she helps other highly sensitive entrepreneurs do the same through consulting, education, and slowpreneurship. FOLLOW KELLIE: www.kelliedaab.com www.instagram.com/thehighlys

Did you know? Every Tuesday evening Cicely and Danielle deep dive into each months topic on Clubhouse? This months theme is OCCUPY and this episode is a great TEASER of the topics we speak on. WARNING: we let our hair down in this specific space, which usually means away from our desks/ mics with wine + lots of real talk. If you're on the Clubhouse platform, take time to check out More Than Graphics podcast and join on weekly conversations Tuesdays at 7:30pm EDT.  CLUBHOUSE TOPIC: Occupying Space For Women In Tech FOLLOW MTG ON CLUBHOUSE: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/mtg-more-than-graphics-podcast

July's theme of discussion is BLAZE and we warn you that.... its fully LIT. From womanhood to motherhood and all in between as creative women, this episodes should deeply speak to you. Blaise Hunter is breaking barriers with her consulting agency Blaise the Trail inc. Known as the Modern-Day Superhero—Heroine, she contends for women to own their super identity. Blaise is an author, multi-award-winning humanitarian, international speaker, fertility expert, certified human rights advocate, Mother of Purpose, and Breaker of Chains. She is the fertility expert that doesn’t help people get pregnant; rather, Blaise inspires others to be fertile in their lives and birth their purpose, dreams, voices, books, and brands. Her mission is to empower women to draw their swords and breathe fire on this world. FOLLOW HER: https://www.blaisehunter.com/ https://www.facebook.com/blaisethetrail/ https://www.instagram.com/blaisethetrail/

We're going GEEK. This months topic of REBOOT is filled with inspiration as women in tech and women creatives step into new seasons. On this side of the pond, summer begins and techie educator Sheri Allain shares her truths with the MTG tribe. As a geeky creative, Sheri is a life-long marketer who dreams in logos and loves to test-drive new tech tools. As an award-winning marketer for Fortune 500 brands such as Coca-Cola, Nissan and Unilever, Sheri applied her brand-building skills to found Codezilla, a 6-figure tech-ed business that teaches at 40+ schools in Toronto. Her passion is turning 'boring' brands into sales magnets as a business consultant at ZipLaunch. FOLLOW SHERI: https://www.ziplaunchme.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ziplaunchme  

May is all about FLOURISH and we've got a personal story that will definitely keep you inspired to do just that!  Tavia Smith is a content creator, business writer, and journalist and owns WordSmith Writing Services. Tavia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a BA in Journalism and has worked for The Leaf-Chronicle newspaper as a crime and courts reporter, Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a communications officer, and as an editor and business writer for the online publication ClarksvilleNow.com. Tavia has collaborated with Octane Designs' creative team for a year and specializes in content and social media management. Tavia resides in Tennessee and has been married for about 12 years to her husband and best friend, Eddie. They have one daughter, Elliana, who is a charismatic, creative 4-year-old. They foster special needs children and have a feisty Maltese-Shi Tzu named Osito who's been a part of the crew for 7 years. When she's not doing all the things, she enjoys crafting cocktails,

Support comes in different shapes, sizes and education. Tune in as 38 year educator and published author Elaine Clark discusses best practices for voice to enhance the body and the mind.  Elaine Clark is a communication guru. She's the author of two books: There’s Money Where Your Mouth Is & Voice-Overs for Podcasting; the creator of two voice and diction apps: Activate Your Voice & Adding Melody to Your Voice; and host of the speech communication podcast, Real Talking Tips. Elaine is a business pioneer, having founded and owned a voice-over training school for 32 years . Today, Elaine works under her new brand, ElaineClarkVO.com where she continues to improve the performances of voice actors, having launched thousands of careers, and coaches business execs, podcasters, sports announcers, and newscasters to effectively use their voice and body. Follow Elaine online: SOVAS Award Winning Website: elaineclarkvo.com VO & Podcasting Books and Apps: elaineclarkvo.com/shop Real Talking Tips Podcast:

As we go into celebrating amazing women all month long for #WomensHistoryMonth our March theme of REST is nothing less than aspiring with special guest Photographer & Kentuckian Amani Ragland. Amani is a Kentucky native, Sagittarius, INFP and Enneagram 4. She is owner of Honeysage Photo Co, a photo team based in Lexington, KY specializing in intimate weddings and portraiture. Amani has been featured in Forbes, Travel + Leisure and E! News for selected works that bring vibrancy and culture to Kentucky. Amani is a dog mom to Jasper + Koda, an avid traveler and partner to the most amazing person ever. If she wasn't a photographer she’d be a writer, which was the plan before photography. She thoroughly enjoys sleeping, making lists and attempting to keep her plants alive. FOLLOW AMANI: www.amaninichae.com Instagram.com/honeysagephotoco

We're back for a BONUS Prioritize episode with Brand Strategist Molly Hicks. Molly Hicks (she/her) is a brand strategy badass and founder of the self-named brand strategy and design micro-agency that helps busy AF entrepreneurs make shit happen. Her out-of-the box, cookie-cutter free strategy helps biz owners build sustainable systems that not only grow their business but also make sense to their unique way of thinking. When she's not working with entrepreneurs to revolutionize their fields and flip what's "normal" on edge, you'll find Molly at home with her family. If she's not out "catching Pokémon" with her toddler, or riding the motorcycle with her partner Steven, she's most likely sinking hippopotamus like amongst the bubbles in the bath with some Moscato in hand. FOLLOW MOLLY: https://mollyhicks.com https://instagram.com/themollyhicks https://facebook.com/themollyhicks https://linkedin.com/in/themollyhicks/

Hello February! This months theme is PRIORITIZE and our special guest Shehla Faizi shares real insight throughout our conversation!  Shehla is a mum of two boys who does freelance graphic design, illustration and product photography. And as an extension from her experience producing and hosting her own podcast she also helps edit and produce other podcasts. And in whatever little time she does get to spare she enjoys biking, playing Super Smash Bros with her kids and lounging with her four cats. FOLLOW SHEHLA: www.creativecookiejar.com https://www.instagram.com/creativecookiejar www.imamuslimpodcast.com https://www.instagram.com/imamuslimpodcast https://youtube.com/channel/UCf6SWb1o1tZTHNd09HaUEfg FOLLOW MTG: www.mtgthepodcast.com 

New Year, New you! We start off Season 4 of the More Than Graphics podcast with our own self work of the mind for 2022. Our January guest, Dr. Kinga Mnich is an international social-psychologist, educator and speaker specialist in emotions, positive psychology, bio-hacking and gender. Her work solves myths of emotions by breaking down the complexity of the social & cultural concepts. Through her extraordinary research, she brings new ways of understanding how we can use emotions to be who we want to be, create impact and flourish in life (and business).   In her private practice, she helps high-achievers & leaders transform their minds & surroundings by leveraging the power of emotion through neuroscience & positive psychology. Follow Dr. Kinga Mnich: www.KingaMnich.com https://www.instagram.com/dr.kingamnich/ https://www.tiktok.com/@drkingamnich https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingamoni... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVrs...  Follow MTG: www.mtgthepodcast.com www.facebook.com/m

Happy New Year! A new means a (sorta) new us right? Join podcast sisters Cicley and Danielle as they discuss all new themes and topics for 2022. As we dive into 2022 we'll continue to amplify up and coming thought leaders and innovators that empower and inspire us to be better than yesterday.   THIS is our tribe. And its growing! We are celebrating A LOT of things going into the New Year! The podcast has reached 3000 downloads We grew 68% in listenership in Season 3 MTG released over 800 minutes of content Cicely is finishing her RN program and happy to move onto the next travel nurse chapter! Danielle is launching online digital marketing courses to help entrepreneurs level up on there own terms. We started a MTG Club on Clubhouse for you to enjoy BONUS material from each of us Season 4, lets goooo!

December is themed ADVENTURE and its a perfect subject for the end of a full year. Whether you a woman in tech or a femme creative in the office or embarking a new entrepreneur journey we want to keep providing inspiration and support for your next thing in 2022! To wrap up our third season we have amazing Brand Strategist Cassandre Le of The Quirky Pineapple with both an inspirational story and great branding tips to match! Cassandra (she/they) is a first-generation daughter of Vietnamese refugees, a Vietnamese-American, non-gender conforming, immigrant living in Spain. They're also a brand and visibility strategist and copywriter and run their business, The Quirky Pineapple Studio, a brand strategy & copywriting studio abroad in Spain.  The Quirky Pineapple Studio works with mission-driven, service-based businesses around the world in English and Spanish - helping them share their story, connect with their community, and drive sales with content marketing that is enjoyable and with less manipulati

Danielle and Cicely join forces with the Bluegrass Collaborative Market Holiday market for a bonus LIVE episode just in time for the holiday season. This two day holiday market had all the goodies! Looking for local options for your holiday gift giving? Check out these amazing artisans and connect with each of their unique stories that define who they are and why they encourage you to #shopsmall and #supportlocal. 

We are nothing without our tribe! As we near wrapping up 2021 we emphasize the importance of having the right people to grow and spruce you with special guest Monique A.J. Smith.   Monique A.J. Smith IS The Leadership Strategist and AthleticPreneur ™. Monique A.J. Smith, is a Leadership Strategist that guides Athletics Departments/Sport Organizations and Individuals who wish to advance in Athletics Administration/Sports Business or the Marketplace.  Smith, a Sports Management veteran of 30 plus years, owns a consulting business Seeds of Empowerment ® LLC, where she consults in four ways 1. University workshops & retreats, 2. Monthly Membership Program 3. Speaker’s Bureau 4. “Significance in Athletics and Sports” magazine. She is Adjunct Faculty at Hampton University teaching Sports Management Courses.   She is most known for her 7 seasons as the host of the internationally recognized weekly podcast "A Chat in the Garden with Monique A.J. Smith”, that spotlights Women of Color in A

Ready, set, REST! This episode is jam packed with gems on rest, self care and the wealth of medicinal properties of marijuana use for sleep & anxiety. This episode is LIT and features special guest Stacy Zeal, host of High On Self Care Podcast. As the CEO of MaryZeal.com and host of the High on Self Care Podcast, Stacy Zeal is on a mission to help women of color live their best abundant lives by creating a mindful cannabis practice.  Cannabis literally changed Stacy’s life by becoming her only consistent solution for her insomnia. After being prescribed sleeping pills that only worked for 2 weeks, she turned to cannabis while living in Las Vegas and it has been the only thing that consistently helps her sleep peacefully every night. Getting consistent sleep has been a game-changer creating the energy needed to live the life that she desires.  As a yoga teacher and self-proclaimed high functioning stoner, Stacy understands that combining the amazing benefits of self-care with the uplifting benefi

Danielle and Cicely host the LAST live audience convo of 2021 as they chat deeply about 'planting seeds' and welcoming a season of harvest this Fall. What seeds are you planting this season? What are harvesting from now that started years ago? We were joined by former guest Priscilla Aguilar of Get Silly Creative to wrap our convo. Tune in!  Danielle Meadows-Stinnett is a Graphic Designer, CEO, persistent cloud wanderer, 11 year owner of minority led digital branding firm @octanedesigns, blogger, gamer & beloved MMA fan. Cicely Stamper is a Mom, newlywed, and full time nurse. Writer at heart, makeup artist and blogger of @bougienursebabe. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mtg-more-than-graphics/support