60. Unleashing Visionary Power: A Journey with a Transformational Catalyst for Visionary Leaders

08/30/23 • 49 min

In this episode of the FIERCE Mothers Podcast, Ugochi has a powerful conversation with Debola Deji-Kurunmi, DDK, as she is affectionately called.

DDK is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, ministry gift, public policy advisor, and transformational coach for visionary leaders. DDK deploys her extraordinary talent of unlocking potential in people, institutions, and nations through her work coaching, consulting, and capacity building.

She is the Founder of IMMERSE Coaching Company (a professional coaching practice), Executive Director at Ideation Hub Africa (a public policy and impact advisory firm), and President at Kingdom Leaders Global Alliance (a non-denominational Christian Ministry).

At IMMERSE Coaching Company, Debola leads a 70,000+ strong tech-driven global community of change-makers living in over 100 countries, using her breakthrough coaching methodology to elevate their impact, authority, and legacy leadership. Since 2014, IMMERSE has produced over 200 courses and expanded into three different subsidiaries, including its recently launched year-long coaching immersion for C-Suite Executives – Visionary Compass Accelerator Program.

She is a Certified Visionary Leadership Coach by the Oleg Konovalov Global Coaching Certification and a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. She is also a Thomas International Certified Workplace Personality Profile Analyst, Certified Job Evaluation Analyst, and an experienced Corporate Trainer.

We talk about the phenomenon known as the future forward female and the five protocols or pillars that embody the future forward female.

DDK also breaks down the importance of who we are becoming along the journey as a critical indicator of wholesomeness; she talks about the importance of resilience for the visionary to deal with stress and self-compassion.

You can engage with DDK via her platforms:

Instagram: @deboladejikurunmi, @immerseinnercircle

Website: https://adebolakurunmi.com, https://www.immerseinnercircle.com

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In this episode of the FIERCE Mothers Podcast, Ugochi has a powerful conversation with Debola Deji-Kurunmi, DDK, as she is affectionately called.

We talk about the phenomenon known as the future forward female and the five protocols or pillars that embody the future forward female.

You can engage with DDK via her platforms:

Instagram: @deboladejikurunmi, @immerseinnercircle

Website: https://adebolakurunmi.com, https://www.immerseinnercircle.com

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59. From Courtroom to Designer: A Lawyer's Journey into Ethnically Sophisticated Fashion

In this FIERCE Mother's podcast episode, Ugochi sits down with Boye Asenuga.

Boye "Bibi" Asenuga is a Nigerian-American Founder and Creative Director of ChicNiCity, a women’s ready-to-wear clothing label based in Massachusetts.

Inspired by her dual identity of ethnicity and modernity, Bibi created ChicNiCity by fusing ethnic-inspired colors & prints with contemporary design elements and silhouettes that stay true to premium, wearable and versatile clothing.

Before starting ChicNiCity, she started her career as a lawyer but quickly switched and pursued her passion for a career in fashion. Over the last 15+ years, Bibi has worked with multiple international fashion brands to develop and manufacture their clothing lines in retail stores worldwide.

ChicNiCity recently debuted its exclusively designed collection for the retail giant HSN.

Bibi is a proud alumna of the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, and the School of Fashion Design, Boston, where she was awarded “The 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award”.

She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two kids.

Ugochi and Bibi talk about the importance of being nice, showing up consistently, raising leaders while maintaining your identity, and so much more.

Shop the HSN Collection HERE

Website: https://www.chicnicity.com/ Wholesale: https://chicnicity.faire.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicnicityllc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicnicity/

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61. Doctor's RX for Resilience: Bouncing Back from Life's Tumbles

In this episode of the FIERCE Mothers Podcast, Ugochi has a lovely conversation with Dr. Adaku Onukogu.

As a leading internal care physician, Dr. Adaku Onukogu is interested in helping patients throughout Silver Spring and the greater Washington D.C. area achieve overall health and wellness. Whether performing a general consultation, annual physical, or dealing with an illness, Dr. Onukogu gives her patients individualized treatment plans that work with their lifestyles.

Adaku graduated from Upstate Medical University, State University of New York. She is Board-certified in Internal Medicine with a thriving medical office in Maryland.

Dr. Onukogu has worked as a Hospitalist at a Maryland Hospital for the past 16yrs where she also serves on the Ethics Advisory Council.

She is the Medical Advisor for the Chief S.E. Onukogu Foundation, which provides free medical care to rural communities in Nigeria.

Both a member of the American College of Physicians and winner of the Jack D. McCue Award for excellence in geriatric medicine, Dr. Onukogu is a renowned and dynamic practitioner. She is fully committed to the field of internal care and can be seen volunteering on medical mission trips worldwide.

When not practicing medicine, Dr. Onukogu enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with her children and tight-knit extended family.

We have an honest conversation about resilience, bouncing back from life's troubles, perspective about failure, and the poem "Who Am I Not to Be?"

The poem we discussed is called "Who Am I Not to Be?" by Tatiana Guerrier

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