The Great Girlfriends

How do you build a plane and fly it at the same time? ENTREPRENEURSHIP, that’s how! This week Sybil gets into the plane with Christina Carmona, founder of Island to Eastside, to discuss how she navigates managing business and pleasures of life. Listen and learn: How Christina took her idea and turned it into a thriving business How building a team and making room for them to fail has established loyalty and belief in her brand from the inside out. Why it’s ok to not know everything. Expect the answers to come. Is balance possible? Find out how Christina shapes her personal and professional life. We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

Vaccination became quite the buzz word over the past two years. Many families, companies, and friend circles shifted after the decision about vaccinating became a war of perspectives…. But why is vaccination important? And, how do you know if it’s the right choice for you? We’ve partnered with HealthyWomen and Merck to bring some answers to the table. Listen in this week as Sybil dives deep into this discussion with Dr. Ada Stewart a family physician with Cooperative Health in Columbia, South Carolina,, and Janaé Willis-Beard wife, mom of five, and Dallas-based and purpose-driven entrepreneur, educator, and community advocate. Listen and learn: How vaccination affects public health How your family doctor can give you sound advice around vaccination How to make the choices that are right for your family Questions that you should ask to advocate for yourself and your healthcare. We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

What do Beyonce, Gigi Hadid, the New York Knicks, and Cardi B all have in common? Cupcakes…because food is love! This week I’m chatting with cupcake lover, fashion creative, and travel enthusiast Carolina Wang, the co-founder of Eat Good NYC. Carolina and her boyfriend Benny founded this cupcake brand from their apartment in NYC as a means of fusing their passions for art and food together. With a ton of grit and a dedication to their craft, Eat Good NYC has become a fixture in the mouths of celebrities, entertainment brands, and iconic social moments that give Carolina and Benny proof that their passion has a larger place in the world. Listen and learn: How to turn your lightbulb moment into a brand How to door knock your way into opportunities Why partnership is a powerful tool for executing your big ideas Top lessons from Carolina on entrepreneurship Special thanks to Chameleon Coffee for powering this conversation! We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

We’re at the top of year and most of us are setting a vision for what is to come! Soooo, how do you do that when the walls come crashing down? How do you do that when you feel crushed by disappointment? How do you rise and move forward? I’m chatting this week with reinvention strategist Heather Monahan to share how we can all overcome the villains of hurt, disappointment, and shame to reshape our stories and elevate to higher heights. Listen and learn: How to remove the shame of being rejected How to move in audacity against all odds How to use your current platform to catapult you in a new direction How to reframe your story to overcome a negative narrative We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

Do you believe in new friendships? Like the kind you find on an airplane, with the passenger next to you? If so, this week’s podcast will move you to tears! Listen in as we hear a beautiful story of new friendship from Dayna Bolden and Krystal Cooper. Their “how we got here” serendipitous moment has turned into a new framily that literally lives 15 minutes apart! Listen and learn: How Dayna and Kryssi met and got acquainted What makes their new friendship so meaningful to both of them How women can get past their fear of new friends to develop fresh relationships We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

Great Girlfriends, this “BAWDY” needs to live long and strong! And, nutrition is a great part of that. This week we bring to you Vanessa Rissetto and Tamar Samuels, the founders of Culina Health. These hilarious go getter co-founders share why founding their business was essential for every woman and what we need to know to protect our health and wellness for a lifetime! Listen and learn: How Vanessa and Tamar took an idea and turned it into a booming business Why mastering nutrition is the key to healthy, long life What we know versus what we need to know about health and wellness Health hacks for every woman We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

Listen in this week as Sybil chats with author Kristan Higgins on her new release “Pack Up the Moon.” Author Bio: New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins has sold 4.5 million books worldwide and is published in more than two dozen languages around the world. Her two most recent novels were each selected as People magazine’s “Pick of the Week.” Kristan is also a cohost of the Crappy Friends podcast, which discusses the often complex dynamics of female friendships, with her friend and fellow writer, Joss Dey. Higgins lives in Connecticut with her family. Learn more at www.kristanhiggins.com. Listen and learn How PACK UP THE MOON explores Kristan’s own worst fear: losing a spouse and being left alone. How losing her father in a tragic accident made Kristan is keenly aware of life’s fragility. We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

We get it. So many of you are feeling exhausted, like you don’t have enough time and can’t figure out how to get everything done! But it doesn’t have to be this way! Sybil chops it up with national best selling author and personal growth expert Christy Wright over her new book “Take Back Your Time.” Listen and learn: How to attain true balance and harmony How to ditch the distractions and focus on what really matters How to take back your time and ultimately your life. We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

What does intentional leadership really look like? How can we as women learn to establish strong relationships that help us gain the personal and professional status we desire? We’ve partnered with Fidelity Investments to give you the keys! Listen in this week as Pamela Everhart, shares her keys to building social capital in the workplace. As senior vice president and Head of Regional Public Affairs and Community Relations in Fidelity’s Communications, Public Affairs and Policy Group, Pamela is no stranger to internal advocacy across various groups inside and outside of the organization. Pamela serves as a lawyer, community leader, senior advisor, wife, and mom, generating a world of personal and professional influence. Her wisdom and general joy will move every great girlfriend to shape our world with intention. Listen and learn: Pamela’s philosophy of “R before T” How Pamela generates social capital at every level Pamela’s major lessons as a professional who is creating harmony at work and home Advice for every woman, from Pamela with love! For more information about Fidelity Investments, click here: https://www.fidelity.com/greatgirlfriendsshow We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

As you know, every October is recognized as breast cancer awareness month. This week, we’ve gathered three women who are allies in the fight against breast cancer, to share their real stories about how this disease has shaped their advocacy. Listen, laugh, and learn from our three guests, Cherrod Pate, Dr. Kristen Zarfos, and Missy Peters: How breast cancer hit home for each of these women Why we as women must advocate for ourselves Why we need to have breast health conversations at an earlier age What we can do as great girlfriends to support one another during the healing process Thank you HealthyWomen for bridging this conversation with support from Daiichi Sankyo and Merck. We want to hear from you! Want to learn more about Healthy Women? Visit their website at www.healthywomen.org. Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

Do you believe that success leaves clues? Do you believe that your own successes have left you breadcrumbs for the future? This week we’re diving into your measure of success! Listen and learn: How to define success on your own terms How to measure your wins versus your losses Why your success formula is essential to the work that you’re doing. Are you following us on social media? Be sure to check in on Instagram (@thegreatgirlfriends) and leave us an iTunes review! Send Sybil a note directly to @sybil_amuti. She’s waiting to hear from you!

How far can your love for ice cream take you? Really far! We’ve partnered with Chameleon Coffee to share The Entrepreneur’s Corner, a series of stories from the hearts and minds of successful women entrepreneurs. This week, I sat down with ice cream connoisseur and business founder Melissa Tavvs of Tipsy Scoop to discuss her journey from being an ice cream lover to a household name with brick and mortar shops that sell liquor-infused ice cream! #yummy Listen and learn: How Melissa’s family legacy in ice cream inspired her to take the brilliance of her idea and start a movement How Melissa created a rock star team of doers to build her infrastructure. Why Melissa keeps going (not even a pandemic could stop her!) What women need to know starting out. ——————— We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/ Sponsored by

Friendship is a million little things, most of them super simple. I’m so excited to talk about simplifying friendships with my great girlfriend Atoya Burleson. We talk about all of the beautiful discoveries that lie within a great friendship and how to cultivate the type of friendships that nurture your entire life legacy. Listen and learn: How to simplify complex relationships How to handle territorial friends Ways to affirm your current friendships Friendship turn-offs!  ——————— We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/

Oh Boy! Marriage is full of lessons! Listen in this week as Atoya Burleson and I share things we’ve learned inside of our marriages and lessons we wish we’d gained before we got married. This week you’ll hear: My personal “wish I had known” from my 15 yr marriage to Kwaku Stories and anecdotes from Atoya and me as wives, moms, and businesswomen Lessons that could only be learned on the job! LOL! We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/

This week I’m joined by my great girlfriend Atoya Burleson and we’re discussing how to choose you above everyone else. When the world is asking for more of you, you’ll need strong intentions to keep moving in the right direction. Listen and learn: Simple ways to choose yourself above everyone else How to prioritize your needs at the right time How to be unapologetic (no need to say sorry!) in your choices! We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/

Sometimes a family has to fall apart to come back together. Listen in this week as New York Times best-selling author Saumya Dave shares her newest novel with us and the story behind her own family dynamics. Listen and consider: How can the hard times make your family stronger? How do you define happiness in your family? What does it take to overcome as a unit? We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/

Thinking of quitting? Not now, you’ve come too far. Listen in this week and get the top four questions you should ask yourself to avoid quitting. Listen and learn: How quitting leaves you emotionally stagnant Four key questions to keep you moving forward. How trusting yourself is the gateway to moving past obstacles. AND MORE! We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/

Listen in this week as we talk all things mental health with grammy award-winning artist Michelle Williams. Michelle is the author of a new book “Checking In” which walks us through her journey to receiving help in her journey to wholeness. Grab your pen and paper; listen and learn: How asking for help opened the door for Michelle’s healing Why building walls around our vulnerability can hinder our healing How freedom can be found when we forgive ourselves and others How a beautiful life comes from living honestly Grab Michelle’s new book HERE. We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends Follow now THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/

Have you struggled with trauma from your childhood? What would your life look like if you released the inner child? We talk about this healing journey and more with author Candice Lenoir. Her new book “Being Number One” is a gateway towards cultivating the healing relationship with your inner child and working towards a whole heart. Grab your pen and paper, listen and learn: How Candice’s childhood trauma drove her towards becoming an overachiever How Candice healed her heart and redefined her legacy How “doing the work” gives you a fighting chance What great girlfriends need to remember as we journey higher Get Candice’s best selling book HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Number-One-Overcoming-Obstacles/dp/1735103306 We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/

Show me the money!!! Get Good with Money as my great girlfriend Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Alicha shares keys for breaking toxic money cycles and more in this week’s episode! Grab your pen and paper and learn: Is our relationship with money emotional or transactional? How to pay off student loan debt and buy a home Growing money while being risk-averse Creating a financial relief plan Starting over at 55 AND MORE! Get Tiffany’s best selling book HERE: https://getgoodwithmoney.com/ We want to hear from you! Shoot an email over to welcome@thegreatgirlfriends.com or drop me a DM ON IG @sybil_amuti THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS INSTAGRAM: @thegreatgirlfriends THE GREAT GIRLFRIENDS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatGirlfriends/