Dr. Harris has been an educator for more than twenty-eight years. She has served as a classroom teacher, department chair, and a member of school administrative teams. She has also served as a college professor and in higher education administration. She teaches teachers and administrators how to educate well.  She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin and Union University with a Master of Education. She holds a doctorate in Leadership and Policy Studies with an Emphasis in Servant Leadership. Throughout her professional and ministerial career, she has developed and authored curriculum and training materials, community outreach programs, and grants. She has also conducted grant management. She is most grateful for having the opportunity to train and develop leaders. Dr. Harris has appeared on local news shows and Christian television programs, as well as hosting her own television program, “Created to Be by His Side,” where she featured ministries and businesses of local leading ladies. Dr. Domeniek Harris authored her first book, The Power of Process. She has also co-authored, “With God I Always Have Hope,” “With God, I Will Not Fear,” “Redeemed”,  and Precepts for Living.”  Dr. Harris  has recorded her first devotional CD, “My Husband’s Intercessor.”  Dr. Harris has written a new prayer journal for wives, “My Husband’s Intercessor, set to be released in May 2024.  Dr. Harris is the new radio host for “Refocused and Informed: Love Conquers All: Fireproofing Families.”

Dr. Nikki is the founder of DrNikkiSpeaks Enterprises, LLC, a coaching and consulting firm for women leaders.  Dr. Harris is excited to be working on her sophomore writing project, which will launch in 2025.  Dr. Harris along with other Christian female leaders are preparing to launch an online academy and a digital app to further her mission of equipping the called.

She is a prolific writer and speaker with writings published in Christianity Today, but she is most noted for her aptitude to handle the Word of God with passion, precision, and poise. She teaches, mentors, and trains women with anointed Bible teaching that transcends culture, age, and religious barriers. She has ministered to young girls through the “Bridge of Hope” and “Precious Jewels” ministries. Through these ministries, she combats the forces of darkness by helping rescue the next generation from the grips of hell. She ministers in her local church, city, and state and has been called to establish ministries for leading ladies in various states across the United States. She has been called upon to minister internationally as well.

Dr. Nikki Harris ministers to and alongside her pastor husband, Apostle Brian Donald Harris of Dominion Living Ministries. She willingly labors with her husband in training, activating, and releasing laborers for the kingdom harvest. Together, they take pride in teaching God’s people to take dominion and live the kingdom life.  She is the founder and visionary of “By His Side Ministries,” a multicultural, interdenominational, and international ministry vehicle that equips ministry wives to labor in the vineyard with power and anointing alongside their husbands.  She believes that a woman married to a man in ministry is anointed by God to help her husband have DOMINION. In 2014, Dr. Harris, along with her husband and other local clergy leaders, founded “When Pastors Pray,” an outreach ministry that helps pastoral and clergy leaders overcome depression, discouragement, and burnout, and addresses the prevention of suicide among clergy leaders.  

Dr. Harris is the former Chief Executive Officer/President of The National Coalition of Pastors Spouses, which has led the African American church in taking a stand on health education, awareness, and prevention. The National Coalition of Pastors Spouses was founded by the late Lady Vivian Berryhill, who envisioned the church taking back the Black community and overcoming diabetes, heart disease, Aids/HIV, teen pregnancy and other health and non-health related challenges that have plagued the African American community.

Today, Dr. Harris is enjoying being an almost empty nester.  Her beautiful daughter Briana’ and handsome son, Jeremiah, are beautifully growing and adulting. So, Dr. Nikki is reclaiming her time. In her reclaimed time, she enjoys reading, writing, mentoring and coaching leaders to do the things they never thought possible.  Dr. Harris absolutely loves that she is helping rebuild black wall street through coaching and mentoring black and brown founders and leaders, with Build in Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Harris to discuss her powerful legacy of leadership and transforming lives:

– With over twenty-eight years of experience in education, you’ve held various roles from classroom teacher to college professor. Can you share how your journey in education has shaped your passion for teaching and leadership development?

I have committed my life to see others grow and develop, seeing people do what they thought they could not has been incredible. I have always been an educator. I started educating when I was in the 1st grade, I was told by my mom that on the weekends I would teach my stuffed animals and dolls everything I had learned in school the previous week. My commitment to education is threaded in every facet of my life from marriage to ministry, and even in how I have raised my children. Education is a vehicle to greatness and it should be considered as such. 

– Your commitment to empowering women leaders is evident through your coaching and consulting firm, DrNikkiSpeaks Enterprises, LLC. What inspired you to establish this platform, and how do you hope to impact women in leadership roles?

I founded my business on the premise that women often struggle with finding and walking in purpose unapologetically. I also understand that women in leadership struggle with balancing their marriages and family. I have victory and wisdom in that area and want to extend a lifeline so that others don’t struggle in the same way that I have. 

– As the founder of “Equipping the Called,” you focus on equipping ministry wives to work alongside their husbands in the church. Can you elaborate on the vision behind this ministry and the importance of supporting women in leadership within the church community?

My vision behind this ministry is to provide an online academy and digital application for ministry wives to receive coaching, mentorship, and counseling in a safe place. This vision will allow us to reach women globally which in the past we have only been able to do on a small scale. This will allow us to further our mission. 

Dr. Nikki currently hosts a weekly talk show Thursday’s on the First Black Female – Owned radio station: Green Wood Beat. Her Radio show is entitled: Love Conquers All: Fireproofing families.

– Can you share your vision for your show and what you hope listeners gain from your platform weekly?

Our vision for this program is to simply help heal and rebuild families. This is important because Tulsa is the historic landmark for the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 where black businesses were burned to the ground. Lives destroyed, families destroyed, and legacy destroyed. And I have the opportunity to help rebuild families through the vehicle of the media. 

Can you share your vision for your show and what you hope listeners gain from your platform weekly?

Our vision for this program is to simply help heal and rebuild families. This is important because Tulsa is the historic landmark for the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 where black businesses were burned to the ground. Lives destroyed, families destroyed, and legacy destroyed.

And I have the opportunity to help rebuild families through the vehicle of the media. My hope and prayer is that every listener is equipped, empowered, and encouraged to change themselves and their families. We hope our listeners start to love more passionately, and we hope our listeners receive helpful strategies to build stronger families. More than anything we want our listeners to know that they are not responsible for the families they came from, only the ones they are building.

You can tune in from anywhere. We are on the air every Thursday at 2pm.

Here is the link:

https://www.radioline.co/en/radios/the_greenwood_beat_wfpg

– Your upcoming book, “My Husband’s Intercessor,” focuses on prayer and support for wives. What inspired you to write this book, and what do you hope readers will take away from it?

This book was written to help women do two things, learn the difference between praying for their husbands, rather than about them. Secondly, this book was written to show women exactly how to cast vision and mission for their assignment to pray for their husbands, what to pray for, and how to do it consistently. 

– In addition to your written works, you’ve also recorded a devotional CD titled “My Husband’s Intercessor.” How do music and spoken word play a role in conveying your message of faith and empowerment? 

Many of us are multi-talented, this is another vehicle to teach women how to pray for their husbands with a focus on reaching the next generation of wives, particularly the millennial generation and the generation Z who may not read but will listen. 

– Your involvement with Build in Tulsa demonstrates your commitment to mentoring and coaching black and brown founders and leaders. Can you share more about your work with this organization and the importance of supporting minority entrepreneurs?

As a coach at Build in Tulsa, we focus on rebuilding black wall street. We help these minority founders launch and scale their businesses, help them gain access to financial capital, and to date one percent of minority founders have access to capital to launch and scale their businesses. Currently, I have helped countless founders launch their businesses, win thousands of dollars in capital, gain access to millionaire mentors, and make their self-care and families a priority. 

– As an educator, mentor, and coach, what advice do you have for aspiring leaders who may be facing challenges or doubts in pursuing their goals? 

My signature advice is to recognize that your leadership is a privilege, and it must be stewarded with accountability and integrity. Do what you are afraid to do. And recognize that your journey is uniquely yours and it is dangerous to compare your journey with someone else’s.

– What are your aspirations for the future of your ministry, coaching, and advocacy work? How do you envision continuing to make a difference in the lives of others, both locally and globally? 

My aspiration for ministry is that I continue to obey the voice of God to serve those whom He has called me to with anointing, integrity, and accountability. As a coach, I desire to continue to help women in leadership find and walk in their God-given purpose and to have successful marriages and families. Locally, I want to encourage, empower, and equip families to build sustainable legacy. Globally, I want to ensure that God’s name is made great and that HIS design for families is restored in the Earth. God’s design for families is the only blueprint that will yield the fruit that will remain. 

– What is your definition of a Pretty Woman Who Hustles?

 A pretty woman who hustles is a woman who knows that her beauty is multifaceted and not only related to appearance. Beauty is demonstrated in everything she does. Her hustle is designed to improve her quality of life, to ensure her family’s legacy, to empower her community, and to give glory to her God. 

Connect with Dr. Harris Online

Social Media Handles: TikTok: drnikkispeaks  Instagram: drnikkispeaks FaceBook: DrNikki Speaks Enterprises, LLC, and LinkedIn: Dr. Domeniek “Nikki” Harris 

Website: www.drnikkispeaks.com and www.equiphernow.com