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Master Life Coach Jasmine Stokes is a Master of All Things but her love is empowering women entrepreneurs to their greater level. Juggling the hats of Wife, Mother, Retired Corporate Bae, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Intercessor and Friend, Coach Jas has learned the dance and balance of self-care and grind. 

Coach Jas focuses on empowering women by providing training through her Life Coaching Certification program, by strengthening their foundational structure through prayer and accountability strategies and helping catapult them to achieve their greater end goal. 

With over 8 years of experience within Learning and Development, 20 years of experience in Corporate America and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Finance, Jasmine is well versed in identifying communication and accountability strategies for focusing on the development of one’s strengths and ultimate wins.

Jasmine’s goal is to help other start-up entrepreneurs with their faith walk, mirror experiences, entrepreneurial journey and foundational structure and to truly see their GREATER self. 

Jasmine founded The Greater Me Consulting in 2019. The Greater Me Consulting is a Coaching and Consulting business for faith-based minority women. The sole purpose is to empower women to their next level in business and life, which we refer to as their “greater” level. At the Greater Me Consulting, the focus is to educate and support women how to not only survive in their life and business journey but to thrive. We offer products geared towards confidence, empowerment, self-healing and entrepreneurship. The Consulting portion of the business is where we focus specifically on women entrepreneurs and their entrepreneurship journey. Here, we provide Life Coaching Certification training, courses to assist with starting and sustaining their businesses, their personal growth and continued business development.

We had the unique opportunity of speaking with Jasmine, we were able to gain insight on who she is outside of business along with her passions and plans for the next season of her career. 

Outside of business and entrepreneurship, who is Jasmine Stokes? 

This question always gets to me. As women, outside of the many titles we carry when we remove those this question hits very deep. I am a black woman, filled with faith, who loves to read a good book, sit by the water and get lost in my thoughts. It’s these times I hear the best from God and can just take in life fully. I’m a woman that loves to laugh, enjoys the company of my loved ones and strives to be the best I can be daily. I love to be a helping hand and an answered prayer. Helping others energizes me. I’m blessed to be a wife and a mom, the two titles I hold to the highest regard and as long as my family is good, I’m good.

How did you get your start in the coaching business?

My husband actually. Up late one night and while talking, he told me I should take on coaching seriously. Outside of Iyanla Vanzant, I didn’t know of any coaches. lol. I began to look up programs and found one from a High School alumni, Dr. Karen Ratliff of 365 Consulting Group. Dr. Karen certified me, opened my eyes to the world of coaching and how to properly build a business. From getting certified, I started launching products, was off to speaking and then she had me take it up a notch. Dr. Karen said, “it’s time to be a Master Coach”. I ran from this originally but God didn’t let me run long. Getting my master certification allowed me to help others build their businesses and start their entrepreneurship journey as a certified life coach.

Can you share a little about the benefits of having a life coach in your circle?

A coach will keep you motivated and my most important factor of having a coach is accountability. There are times you run well and are just on point and doing your thing but there are also times you hit a brick wall, your energy is low, your inspiration is almost non-existent and your self belief is hiding. Having my coach gives me a more mature ear to hear me, keen eyesight to help me with my vision and the hand on my back to keep pushing. When I work with a coach, I’m able to see results much quicker because I have someone that believes in what I’m doing and is committed to see me win. That alone is enough energy for me to move. I also enjoy having a coach that has been where I am and knows how to do what I’m trying to do. It’s like having a personal map service. 

What drew you to being able to empower women in entrepreneurship, what lesson do you hope women take away from your brand? 

In the first year of my business, I found it hard to get information on how to do things like publish books, branding, photoshoots, speaking engagements and the list goes on and on. I had to carve my own lane and from doing this I knew the positivity, empowering attitude and teaching was needed for women. My old corporate mentor would tell me “find a need and meet it”. This became my personal mission. When I can’t find something, instead of complaining, I create it. I offer to women what I was in search of and needed in my beginning phases of business. I want women to know and understand we all can win. We don’t have to withhold information and be jealous. What has my name on it is different from what has their name on it. Many women have been done wrong in the past from other women and my thing is, release it, let it go and be committed to finding your tribe and who you can learn from and grow with.

You hold many titles, one of which is being a mother. How do you balance the day to day demands of family and business?

One of the reasons I left corporate was to have more time to focus on my children. Being a full time entrepreneur has given me the freedom and flexibility with my schedule. I include my children in some of my work and I am very keen on wearing “one hat at a time”. I’ve stopped multi-tasking and allowed myself to be present in every moment. If I’m working, I’m not mommy’ing and when I’m mommy’ing I’m not working. This has been my biggest mindset shift and has impacted me the best. I can’t get my time back and I’m not going to miss big moments or small with my children due to work. 

One of the many facets of your brand is coaching and assisting other women into becoming life coaching themselves, can you share a little about your program? 

Sure. The certification program to become a life coach is a program that teaches you how to start. Starting is the hardest thing to do. It is a six-week live course, taught by me, that guides you through the coaching principles to establish who you are coaching, why you are coaching and how to properly get your client to their win. During the six weeks you receive group sessions to help you start and build your coaching business, coaching templates, mock coaching sessions, a one-on-one coaching session with me, guest speakers and a personalized strategy for your business upon graduation. The program gives you the tools to be confident as a coach, how to assist your clients in seeing real results and how to build your thriving coaching business. You also receive a coaching empowerment box at graduation. The coaching box is one of the highlights for the coaches. 

How do you faith impact where you are today as an entrepreneur and leader in business? 

My faith is non-negotiable. I am who I am and where I am today because of God. I told God yes in January of 2015 and I had no idea what that yes would encompass. That yes brought me a promotion, a move to a new state, my husband, my family, another promotion, freedom, entrepreneurship, books, t-shirts, microphones, conferences, new sisters and the list goes on and on. My business, The Greater Me Consulting, is built on God’s word. Grater is He that is within me than he that is within the world. Everyone was created for greatness and greatness lives in us through our father. Will we continue to strive for it? How will we tap into it? That’s what we do at The Greater Me Consulting. Without my yes, without my faith and foundation in the word my business would be non-existent, it would be stagnant, it would not be impactful and it would not be profitable. I am nothing without my faith. 

You have spent many years in the corporate world, how did that time prepare you for who are as a business woman? How does it show up now?

I loved being a Corporate Bae. Nothing excited me more than putting on a good pant suit, pulling my hair back in a slick ponytail, putting my pearl earrings on and hitting a board room. lol. Corporate taught me professionalism, it taught me grit, it taught me politics, it taught me time management and endurance, it taught me strategy. Corporate also taught me imposter syndrome, how hard work isn’t always enough and how to advocate for myself. I learned how to serve great leaders in corporate and it taught me the traits I wanted to carry as a leader and the ones I didn’t. The structure of reaching an end goal, setting goals and measuring them, team building and networking show up for me daily in my business. I learned who I was, what I needed and wanted from corporate and that allows me to structure my business the way that benefits me most. 

What is next for greater me consulting?

The Greater Me Consulting is on the road to certifying 100 minority women. We have certified 70 to date and once we hit 100, we will begin our business retreats to go along with our current business conference, The. Empower You Conference.

The Greater Me Consulting is also working on additional certifications as we are launching into the contract sector with the U.S government. We will take our empowerment teachings and corporate training into a larger scale and help organizations with their employee engagement and retention. 

What is your definition of a Pretty Woman Who Hustles?

Many people cringe at the word hustle while it charges me up. There are seasons for grind, hustle and rest. We must know what season we are in to be productive. My definition of a Pretty Woman Who Hustles is a women who is dedicated and determined to get all she is created for. She’s a woman who prides herself on showing up fully and boldly. You’ll always find her dressed to impressed, ready for the challenge and confident in her ability to succeed. I’m a Pretty Woman Who Hustles! 

Connect with Jasmine Online

Social Media Handles: The Greater Me Consulting (Facebook and Instagram)

Website: https://www.thegreatermeconsulting.com/

Glendora has been a nationally accredited licensed counselor since 2007 and board-certified in Telemental Health since 2014. In 2010, Glendora founded Dvine Systems GA, a mental & behavioral health practice in Henry County, GA. Glendora has become recognized for her passion in 2 primary areas 1) Family safeguarding through healthy mental living and 2) Coaching mental health professionals in their journey of building, scaling, and growing in Telemental Health.

Glendora created an event titled, “LOL THERAPY” Along with her team of licensed professional counselors. These events are therapeutic workshops that are educational, inspirational, and practical for participants. In these workshops, participants can get resources, coping skills, and facts related to healthy mental health living. If you know Glendora she loves to laugh and believes that laughter is one of the best medicines for life. Therefore, with her therapeutic workshops, she incorporates a professional comedy show.

Dvine Systems GA provides an array of therapeutic and professional services to the community. Glendora’s expertise is in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy where she specializes in serving teens and adults. Glendora provides workshops “The Fundamentals of Telemental Health” teaching mental health clinicians how to conduct business using technology-assisted media.

Glendora started successfully coaching mental health clinicians in 2020 when she launched her masterclass “Build. Scale. Grow. In Telemental Health,” where she has facilitated clinicians in becoming leaders in their community and online through her branding systems VCC. Glendora’s VCC Systems has helped clinicians understand the importance of being able to voice their niche, shine with confidence, and talk with competence. Glendora’s system is built on Visibility, Confidence, and Competence. Helping clinicians conquer the journey of entrepreneurship is Glendora’s goal as their mental health professional coach.

Focusing her works on serving not only clients but clinicians as well, Glendora loves to reiterate to all that we as humans only have one life and we must live not just exist. The epitome of not existing is to live your life on purpose by using your words to manifest your visions. Glendora believes that taking action is living whether it is something someone is trying to work to get to or it is something someone is working to get through. She loves to say, “One life, Keep it Moving.”

Before COVID-19 Glendora provided face-to-face individual and family counseling services in her Henry County, GA location.
Glendora’s fields of expertise span from professional counseling psychotherapy to clinical director and development of operations for the specified state of Georgia managed care programs (Intensive Family Intervention (IFI) and Core services). Glendora has consulted with numerous companies in the metro Atlanta area related to IFI and Core Medicaid community services. She currently participates with the Department of Family and Children Services State of Hope program where she is a member of the State of Hope Ecosystem. Glendora has hosted a Civic Dinner in her community as part of connecting with the “State of Hope” community program where collaboration from nonprofits, philanthropies, government, and businesses closely builds local safety nets that will prevent conditions that contribute to disparities in education, threaten a family’s self-sufficiency and could lead to child abuse and neglect.

Glendora is an uplifting speaker who has been motivating people for over ten years with her straightforward and encouraging dialogue. Since December 2014, this dynamic speaker has been motivating and inspiring. Glendora’s passion for others is insatiable. She continues volunteer in the community as needed; she serves as a paid speaker for healthcare organizations, private businesses, and government agencies.
Glendora’s insight and humorous application of new ways of safeguarding your family with healthy living by empowering parents, employees, church groups, organizations, and companies.

Glendora hosted her talk show radio program in 2014 entitled, “Something to Talk About”, in which she offered the community tips and coping skills in various areas of society to help them remain lifted as they journey through life. She now uses social media to spread knowledge on how to keep it moving without getting stuck in the mess of life.

Note from Glendora:
“I love to say that we only have one life so we must live and not get stuck in the mess of life. We have to expect the mess, acknowledge the mess, then keep it moving.

When exactly did you realize you had a gift for helping people?

What inspired you to go after a calling in counseling?

I discovered my talent when clients started telling me how I changed their lives, and others reported still following my advice because it worked for them. It’s always surreal when it happens, as I’m simply being my authentic self and enjoying socializing with others.

Psychology 101, a class I took in college, sparked my interest in understanding how people think and socialize. The subject matter fascinated me and drew me towards the field of psychology. I have always been a helpful friend, ready to share my resources and lend an ear to those in need of a solution.

Tell us about Dvine Systems GA? 

Dvine Systems GA is a mental and behavioral health private practice specializing in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. We service individuals and families looking to no longer remain stuck in life and desire to live life to its fullest. Dvine Systems GA provides coaching services to mental health professionals in private practice and seeking guidance. We educate on how to build, scale, and grow in private practice while providing therapeutic services via technology-assisted media. The coaching program sits on the foundation of the VCC Systems (visibility, confidence, and competence in business). 

Dvine Systems GA offers therapeutic workshops and comedy shows to provide healing to the community. We aim to help people transition through life with laughter, which we believe is the best medicine. 

How can women get involved in your therapy program? 

Our therapeutic workshops are open to women. To keep up with the latest details about our “LOL Therapy” shows, please follow us on Eventbrite.com. We accept new patients and both insurance and self-payment options. If you’re interested in our individual counseling services in Georgia and Michigan, please give us a call at (678) 212 – 5146.

Tell us about your event LOL Therapy, what can women expect when attending? 

At “LOL THERAPY”, women can expect to have a great time. The audience is usually made up of couples on a date, groups of friends, and family members. Although some people may come alone, our seating arrangements ensure that they don’t feel left out. We seat six people at a table before using another table, creating a more intimate atmosphere for everyone to enjoy the therapeutic journey.

What advice do you have for entrepreneurs afraid of seeking assistance with therapy?

To achieve growth and scalability, it’s important to seek assistance from others. However, sometimes the involvement of certain individuals may lead to judgment or bias. That’s where therapy comes in. It can help you clear your mind and open up new opportunities to live your life to the fullest. As an entrepreneur, taking risks is part of the journey, so why not take a chance on improving your mental health?

What is next for you and your brand at Dvine Systems GA?

My next goal is to find more speaking opportunities that will provide financial blessings, allowing me to focus on sharing positive psychology with a wider audience. Meanwhile, at Dvine Systems GA, our mental and behavioral private practice will continue to serve the community using EMDR and CBT. By summer 2023, we plan to expand our treatment options to include VR therapy. We are committed to finding innovative ways to promote healthy mental living and eradicate the stigma surrounding it. We have changed the name of our business coaching service to B.S.G. in Private Practice. We are enthusiastic about continuing to support mental health professionals in building, scaling, and growing their private practices.

What do you hope women take away from your platform?

My platform aims to encourage women to seek therapy and realize that there are qualified therapists who look like them. I hope to inspire them to be creative and take action to improve their lives. Most importantly, I hope to provide hope that there is still good being done in our world.

What is your definition of a Pretty Woman Who Hustles?

In my opinion, a pretty woman who hustles is someone who exudes beauty in both her personality and appearance, which reflects in her actions. She’s unafraid to seek assistance and acknowledges her limitations. She’s unapologetic and has no regrets. She takes risks and perseveres with determination. Her drive comes from her passion to help others, and she remains grounded and humble. She prioritizes her faith, herself, and her family in that order.

Connect with Glendora:

dsgeorgia.com

instagram.com/glendoradvine

linkedin.com/glendoradvine

facebook.com/glendoradvine

youtube.com/dvinesystemsga

twitter.com/dvinesystemsga

facebook.com/dvinesystemsga

Taina Datilus, digital marketer, and business and financial coach started Taina Enterprises to help individuals build generational wealth, achieve their goals and ensure their visuals match their level of expertise. Taina Datilus is guiding business owners to exceed their goals and achieve more than they deserve through Taina Enterprises.

“I know exactly how it feels to know you’re good at what you do but struggle to get paid what you deserve. I know what it’s like to search the internet for answers, try every approach known to man, and still not find the success you’re looking for. That’s exactly why I do what I do today. Now, I help women like you master their marketing and make $$$ in their business so they can reduce their workload and spend more time doing the things they really love.” Taina Datilus says.

Taina has a strong background in digital marketing, which has helped her build two successful companies that successfully assist business owners in marketing their products. Business owners can receive guidance from her, by her knowledge and experience, on how to successfully attract customers, create offers that are appealing, and confidently close transactions. Taina is committed to empowering aspiring business owners and assisting them in overcoming the difficulties of beginning and expanding a company, which will finally result in monetary success and a reduction in burden.

Taina Datilus’ significant knowledge and personalized assistance are now available to entrepreneurs wanting to realize their business potential. Taina is qualified to lead you on a path to business growth and success since she has a track record of success in assisting others in achieving their goals.
She will support you every step of the way, helping you achieve your business goals, from bringing in steady revenue to scaling new heights. Don’t pass up this chance to make your entrepreneurial dreams a successful reality.
You’ll build generational wealth, take your business to the next level and ensure your visuals match your level of expertise. Join the team of successful entrepreneurs at Taina Enterprises.

We had the fun opportunity to get to know the beautifully creative Taina, we we were able to discuss the passion behind her brand and what’s next for her supporters.

Outside of business and entrepreneurship, who is Taina Datilus?

Fun, outgoing 

How did Taina Enterprises come about, when did you realize you had a passion for assisting entrepreneurs with building generational wealth?

Way before I became a full-time entrepreneur, I used to guide, and lead inspiring entrepreneurs. So I documented their progress 

Tell us about the marketing aspect of your business, what key tips do you have for new entrepreneurs? 

Understand your target market. If you’re trying to market your business, you must know who you are targeting.

You have been in the business for some time now, what has been the highlight of your career thus far? 

Being able to help people to make 5 figures on their own with the power of marketing strategies and social media 

What message are you hoping women take away from your work? 

Believe in yourself. Be determined 

Where do you hope to see your brand in the next 3-5 years? 

Being widely known. Making an impact in everyone’s lives whether they’re in business or not 

What is your definition of a Pretty Woman Who Hustles?

To me, being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people’s lives.” So, the entrepreneur is also the person whose job it is to create a better overall quality and standard of life in society. 

Connect with Taina

Website: www.tainaenterprises.com

www.https.instagram.com/tainaenterprises

@tainaenterprises