This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Sophia Taylor, LPN, IBCLC! If you were already in a career for a decade would you take the leap to change it? This is part of Sophia's story into the field and how she continued to evolve. Add some motivating conversation into your day and press play to hear how she's Leveling Up in Lactation!

Learn more and connect with Sophia at-

Email: sophiataylor@relatable-lactation.com

On social-

Instagram: ⁠⁠@relatable_lactation⁠⁠

Website:⁠ Relatable Lactation

Hosted by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, she created this podcast to highlight, amplify, and develop an audio hub for the journeys of Black Lactation Professionals. Join her every Monday morning for about an hour as she has a laid back, candid conversation with Colleagues about their journeys through Lactation Land.

Erika Dudley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who began her career in lactation as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor after successfully pushing through barriers to breastfeed her son. Within a year she became a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist then promoted to the Lead Breastfeeding Counselor. After becoming an IBCLC she transitioned into private practice where she owns ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Enriched Lactation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Want to learn more about how she became an IBCLC? Read more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Enjoying the podcast? Be sure to follow, subscribe, review and share it with a friend!

Learn more about the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LevelingUpInLactation.com

This weeks episode was just a reminder that "delayed does not mean denied". Angelica Knight, MS, IBCLC shares her journey on how being on a research study exposed her into birth work and all it comes with. As she learns about a barrier she not only acknowledges it but takes action to be a part of the solution. Add some motivating conversation into your day and press play to hear how she's Leveling Up in Lactation!

Learn more and connect with Angelica at-

Email: Angelica.knight94@gmail.com

On social-

Instagram: ⁠@Bluemoon_doula⁠

Facebook: ⁠@BlueMoonDoulaNC⁠

Website:⁠ ⁠Blue Moon Doula⁠

Resources mentioned:

⁠North Carolina A&T P2P Program⁠

⁠Our Black Birth Life Podcast⁠

⁠Linda Smith Resource⁠

Hosted by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, she created this podcast to highlight, amplify, and develop an audio hub for the journeys of Black Lactation Professionals. Join her every Monday morning for about an hour as she has a laid back, candid conversation with Colleagues about their journeys through Lactation Land.

Erika Dudley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who began her career in lactation as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor after successfully pushing through barriers to breastfeed her son. Within a year she became a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist then promoted to the Lead Breastfeeding Counselor. After becoming an IBCLC she transitioned into private practice where she owns ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Enriched Lactation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Want to learn more about how she became an IBCLC? Read more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Enjoying the podcast? Be sure to follow, subscribe, review and share it with a friend!

Learn more about the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LevelingUpInLactation.com

Another solo episode this week! Do you have a memory of playing a video game in the 90's and when someone would get frustrated they'd rip the power cord out of the wall? Yea. That's the gist of what this episode is about lol. Enjoy!

Hosted by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, she created this podcast to highlight, amplify, and develop an audio hub for the journeys of Black Lactation Professionals. Join her every other Monday morning for about an hour as she has a laid back, candid conversation with Colleagues about their journeys through Lactation Land.

Erika Dudley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who began her career in lactation as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor after successfully pushing through barriers to breastfeed her son. Within a year she became a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist then promoted to the Lead Breastfeeding Counselor. After becoming an IBCLC she transitioned into private practice where she owns ⁠⁠⁠⁠Enriched Lactation⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Want to learn more about how she became an IBCLC? Read more ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!

Enjoying the podcast? Be sure to follow, subscribe, review and share it with a friend!

Learn more about the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠LevelingUpInLactation.com

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Zakela Mickens a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor who is blazing trails down in Jacksonville, FL. Add some motivating conversation into your day and press play to hear how she's Leveling Up in Lactation!

Learn more and connect with Zakela at-

Email: Hello@pbcmco.com

On social-

Instagram: @poweredbychocolatemilkco

Website:⁠ Powered By Chocolate Milk

Resources mentioned:

R.O.S.E. Community Transformers

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Hosted by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, she created this podcast to highlight, amplify, and develop an audio hub for the journeys of Black Lactation Professionals. Join her every Monday morning for about an hour as she has a laid back, candid conversation with Colleagues about their journeys through Lactation Land.

Erika Dudley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who began her career in lactation as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor after successfully pushing through barriers to breastfeed her son. Within a year she became a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist then promoted to the Lead Breastfeeding Counselor. After becoming an IBCLC she transitioned into private practice where she owns ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Enriched Lactation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Want to learn more about how she became an IBCLC? Read more ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Enjoying the podcast? Be sure to follow, subscribe, review and share it with a friend!

Learn more about the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LevelingUpInLactation.com

This weeks colleague wishes she could go back and "just do it". Tune it to hear how NICU Nurse turned NICU Mom evolved into working in lactation. Add some motivating conversation into your day and press play to hear how she's Leveling Up in Lactation!

Learn more and connect with Tiffani at-

Email: tiffanid@thebreastchoicels.com

On social-

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@breastchoicelactation

Website:https://www.thebreastchoicels.com

Resources mentioned:

The Lactation Private Practice Essential Toolkit

LER Handouts

Episode #7 with Courtney Polk

Episode #27 with Tenise Hordge

Hosted by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, she created this podcast to highlight, amplify, and develop an audio hub for the journeys of Black Lactation Professionals. Join her every Monday morning for about an hour as she has a laid back, candid conversation with Colleagues about their journeys through Lactation Land.

Erika Dudley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who began her career in lactation as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor after successfully pushing through barriers to breastfeed her son. Within a year she became a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist then promoted to the Lead Breastfeeding Counselor. After becoming an IBCLC she transitioned into private practice where she owns ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Enriched Lactation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Want to learn more about how she became an IBCLC? Read more ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠!

Enjoying the podcast? Be sure to follow, subscribe, review and share it with a friend!

Learn more about the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LevelingUpInLactation.com

Enjoy this rewind interview with me. New interviews return next week!

Tune in to learn why Tiara wished she took a different pathway when becoming an IBCLC and how she's Leveling Up in Lactation!

Learn more and connect with Tiara at:

Email: info@crownedandcradled.com

Website: ⁠Crown and Cradled⁠

Hosted by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, she created this podcast to highlight, amplify, and develop an audio hub for the journeys of Black Lactation Professionals. Join her every other Monday morning for about an hour as she has a laid back, candid conversation with Colleagues about their journeys through Lactation Land. Erika Dudley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who began her career in lactation as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor after successfully pushing through barriers to breastfeed her son. Within a year she became a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist then promoted to the Lead Breastfeeding Counselor. After becoming an IBCLC she transitioned into private practice where she owns ⁠Enriched Lactation⁠.

Enjoying the podcast? Be sure to follow, subscribe, review and share it with a friend! Learn more about the podcast: ⁠LevelingUpInLactation.com

Who said once you become a lactation professional it has to be your main/only focus? Rhonesha Isreal CBS, IBCLC is a Master level Social Worker and in this episode she shares why she summarized her journey with the word "revolutionary". Add some motivating conversation into your day and press play to hear how she's Leveling Up in Lactation!

Learn more and connect with Rhonesha at-

Email: askrho@milkingwithrho.com

On social-

Instagram: ⁠⁠@Milking_with_Rho⁠

Facebook: @Milking With Rho LLC

Website: https://milkingwithrho.com

Resources mentioned:

Diversity In Lactation

Email to inquire about the next IBLCE exam study group: admin@diversityinlactation.org

Hosted by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, she created this podcast to highlight, amplify, and develop an audio hub for the journeys of Black Lactation Professionals. Join her every Monday morning for about an hour as she has a laid back, candid conversation with Colleagues about their journeys through Lactation Land.

Erika Dudley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who began her career in lactation as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor after successfully pushing through barriers to breastfeed her son. Within a year she became a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist then promoted to the Lead Breastfeeding Counselor. After becoming an IBCLC she transitioned into private practice where she owns ⁠⁠⁠⁠Enriched Lactation⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Want to learn more about how she became an IBCLC? Read more ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!

Enjoying the podcast? Be sure to follow, subscribe, review and share it with a friend!

Learn more about the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠LevelingUpInLactation.com

Tune in this week to hear this vetted Speech Language Pathologist and newly minted IBCLC Kellie Green talk through the rebrand of her private practice! Hear how she was ready to go work at the mall after covid shifted her plans. Add some motivating conversation into your day and press play to hear how she's Leveling Up in Lactation!

Learn more and connect with Kellie at-

Email: kellie@greenlivingandwellness.com

On social-

Instagram: ⁠Green Living and Wellness

Facebook: Green Living and Wellness

Website: www.greenlivingandwellness.com

Resources mentioned:

Hosted by Erika Dudley, IBCLC, she created this podcast to highlight, amplify, and develop an audio hub for the journeys of Black Lactation Professionals. Join her every other Monday morning for about an hour as she has a laid back, candid conversation with Colleagues about their journeys through Lactation Land.

Erika Dudley is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who began her career in lactation as a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor after successfully pushing through barriers to breastfeed her son. Within a year she became a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist then promoted to the Lead Breastfeeding Counselor. After becoming an IBCLC she transitioned into private practice where she owns ⁠⁠⁠Enriched Lactation⁠⁠⁠.

Want to learn more about how she became an IBCLC? Read more ⁠here⁠!

Enjoying the podcast? Be sure to follow, subscribe, review and share it with a friend!

Learn more about the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠LevelingUpInLactation.com