Welcome back to the Project Elevate Podcast with Tammy Benay Perry! On today’s episode, we are joined by Melissa Marcelissen. Melissa is an EDI Strategist who specializes in Inclusive Leadership Development and is a certified Fascinate Advisor. Melissa uses the Fascinate method to help Executives and their leadership teams to truly value the Diversity in their team and have them unlock the power of their organization’s diversity.

In this conversation, Tammy and Melissa discuss how to keep the DEI conversation moving forward and what the future of DEI work looks like. We also touched on how people can take a step back to make room for people of difference and how our own unconscious/internalized bias can get in our way. 

Melissa believes “inclusive leadership saved my life”. 

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This week’s inspiration is from RBG, “To fight for things you care about but do it in a way that others will follow you” 

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Welcome back to the Project Elevate Podcast with Tammy Benay Perry! On today’s episode, we are joined by Jessica Avitabile. Jessica , the Joy Coach, is a seasoned health, wellness, and life coach who uses somatics and flow coaching to help elevate joy in her client’s lives.

In this conversation, Tammy and Jessica discuss Jessica’s definition of joy. Jessica believes that joy is a filter (interesting concept) and way of being. Jessica also asks this question of the audience, “What can you bring to a situation to make it better?” 

She has worked with hundreds of clients in the weight management space and as a Nia Black Belt, she leads her clients through her signature process, Journey to Joy. She holds a Master's Degree in Teaching Biology and an undergraduate degree in Business Administration. Her vast and varied education makes her able to offer personal insights on a number of topics, but her favorite subject to speak about is, you guessed it, joy. 

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 Jessica Avitabile | LinkedIn

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This week’s inspirations….Jessica shared an Albert Einstein quote, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”  

This week, we are joined by Victoria Jenn Rodriguez for Episode 20 of Project Elevate!  Victoria is a Career & Life Coach, Brand Strategist, Talent Management Consultant, Business Mentor, and acclaimed international Keynote Speaker.  She is also a former J&J Talent Specialist and the founder of VRJ Enterprises and the Female Collaborative. 🗣 In this conversation, Tammy and Victoria tackle all things women branding themselves to stand out incorporate, empathetic leadership, leadership agility, and authenticity, and why community is important to women in corporate; especially in a post covid world. 

Victoria is a strong advocate of living boldly which we keep revisiting during this powerful conversation. 

This week’s motivational message..."In order to appreciate the sweet, you have to go through the sour."

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Home | vjrenterprises

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