The Women's Social Club

How can our personal style make a strong first impression, help with effective communication, and create a memorable client experience? Let's find out!

About our guests:
Belle Rape is an image consultant and wardrobe stylist at Blueprint by Belle, and the Charlotte Women's Social Club Chapter Director.

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We’ve all seen the article headlines like, “Women *Are* Asking for More Money at Work—They’re Just Not Getting It”, or “Why Women Don’t Ask for More Money”. We've also heard alarming statistics, like 60% of women say they’ve never negotiated their salary. 

That’s not acceptable and it doesn’t put us on an even playing field. But what can we do about it?

About our guests:
Erica Rooney is the Chief People Officer at...

Leslie Logan Brown never thought she would go into the family business (Logan's, a downtown Raleigh staple since 1965). 

Her daughter Kaylynne Leggett was focused on being a dancer in New York City.

But with a legacy of entrepreneurship, they couldn't help themselves. Not only are they now running their own businesses, they're working together on one as well.

Today we hear their story and what it's really like to work with fa...

Ashley Reed spent 18 years working in corporate marketing, mostly in sports and entertainment, and most recently as an executive at Amazon. But throughout her career, her inner voice would always ask her, "on your last days, is this what's gonna make you? Is what you're doing really what you want out of life?"

She decided it was time to completely transform her career, and now she's helping other women make the leap as well...

Our very first pop-up in New York City was at Tarin Thomas Jewelry, where Caleigh Scott shared her personal cancer battle. Today, at the exact same location, Caleigh joins us for our first LIVE podcast episode in New York!

About our guest:

Caileigh Scott (instagram) is an actress (IMDB), writer, and digital marketer.

Connect with WSC:
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Facebook: https://www.f...

Back on episode 3, we talked with CPA Chrissy Denoyer about budgeting and understanding your finances, and today we’re taking it a step further. It’s time to talk about investing.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• Eve Halimi's journey to creating the Alinea app, including an incredible raise at Y-Combinator
• Why Alinea considers itself a mission-driven business as well as a tech company
• Overcoming the battle of just g...

Jes Averhart is a speaker, coach, author, podcaster, and all-around badass who always has her audiences on the edge of their seats with her stories on burnout, motivation, and even dating. And that's exactly what she shares today, in front of a live audience at the RBF Champagne Bar in Cary NC.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• Jes's path to losing everything - her marriage, her church, and her career direction
• Her insp...

Growing up in an abusive household, Lynn Woods told herself that she would never have that kind of relationship as an adult - until she found herself in the exact same position with her first husband. 
 
Today, she shares her story of overcoming abuse and building an ecommerce brand with pizzazz - Back to the South Bling, which creates custom bling drinkware and accessories to help you sip pretty and stand out from ...

Today we’re talking to divorce attorney Jaime Davis, partner at Gailor Hunt Davis Taylor & Gibbs, PLLC. She’s the author of A Year and a Day: Divorce without Destruction, and she hosts a podcast with the same name. She fights for women who are going through the toughest times in their lives, and she’s going to tell us how we can set ourselves up for success.

Today’s Topic: how to legally protect ourselves within relatio...

With 24 hours in a day (and presumably some of that time dedicated to sleep), how does Abha Bowers balance kids, partner, friends, being a CEO of a fast-moving agency, and a nutrition coach side hustle? 

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• Navigating through life and early career in New York City
• Why Abha and her family moved down to North Carolina
• How she became an Accidental CEO
• What being a certified nutrition coach ...

As the co-founders of Blend of Soul, Kiera Gardner and Margo Newkirk are on the ground floor of an entrepreneurship venture that is leading to healthier lifestyles, with every blend perfected to what actually tastes delicious.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How Margo and Kiera found each other
• Their journey to entrepreneurship 
• What they’re building with Blend of Soul
• What’s ahead as they build their empire

Upcoming...

"I used to call my business my baby - it was my first baby before my actual babies. And I've really scratched that from the way that I describe my business because I think it's a toxic view. That means I can't leave it."

LIVE from the University Club in Durham NC, wedding industry icon Megan Gillikin joins us to share her journey of building her wedding planning business, selling it, and pivoting to coaching and consulting.

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"90% of my work is educational. It's teaching people who may not have ever experienced poverty or adversity about the privilege and honor of what it is to be able to go to Target and spend a hundred dollars on deodorant and pads."

As a social worker, Shirnetta Harrell saw too many situations where a girl would need to get a toothbrush for the night, or hadn't washed her hair in months, or was using tissues for her period be...

"I can pinpoint moments in this process through renovating or how we spent our money or where I felt like I should have done one thing, but an expert in the industry told me I should do it this way. But this is my vision not theirs."

One of my favorite things in having a podcast is going to different locations and recording live in front of a Women’s Social Club audience. And today, we’re live from Heights House, where we g...

"We had nothing there. It was just mud. I would pull up, take the desk out of my trunk. I had this cute little lookbook that had, you know, all the finishes and stuff we've picked out. We had some renderings. I have hard hats with our logo on them. And so we'd walk around, and I would kind of, like, stand and be like, so this is where a wall is going to be. And then I'd shimmy over and go, and then this is is where the doo...

"I would leave sessions and weddings and events and headshot sessions, and every single person, both men and women that I photographed all had the same narrative. You're gonna Photoshop me, you're gonna change my body, you're gonna make me look younger, thinner, fatter, more curvy. Every single person was dealing with some sort of dysmorphia or some sort of body image issue that they wanted changed. And I was like, why are...

"I tell people with imposter syndrome, the truth is, it never goes away. But you learn how to deal with it almost like trauma. You learn how to deal with it and like meet the trauma or the imposter syndrome at the door."

Kiara Ruth is an Arkansas-born criminal justice major turned DEA agent hopeful, who experienced a whirlwind romance and moved to Raleigh, NC. She quickly found herself a wife and mother - but felt like she ...

Hey everyone, Hannah here! At a Women's Social Club event not too long ago, after the presentation, I had a chance to sit down with Tiffany Welton, and she told me about her idea for a champagne bar. I absolutely LOVED this idea (we don’t have a concept like that in the Raleigh area).  But what really got my attention was the name of the bar - RBF.  And if you think you know what it means, you're absolutely right! :)

Today ...

Sara Abernethy is the co-owner of both Wye Hill Kitchen and Brewing in Downtown Raleigh and the stunning new Glasshouse Kitchen in Research Triangle Park.  Sara is the first person I thought of when starting this podcast because Wye Hill was such a special part of the Women’s Social Club’s founding story. Today she shares how she came to Raleigh, buying a restaurant / bar, and somehow surviving through the pandemic.

Com...