Exclusive Offer:

Listeners are in for a treat as Nikki graciously offers an exclusive 15% discount on purchases from luv-mugs.com. By using the code TRUTH15, they can discover and enjoy her beautifully crafted mugs, each designed with love and care.

The Truth & Coffee Time hosts are chatting it up with the earth-centered dietitian and nutritionist, Stacey Woodson, a passionate advocate for sustainable and mindful eating, especially for her children. Stacey shares her expertise on the benefits of incorporating earth-centered practices into our diets, and how this approach can not only improve our health, but also your physical and mental well-being. Stacey believes that everyone should have access to nourishing foods and nutrition education.

Join us for an empowering conversation that grabs your attention as we get into the personal and professional growth of our guest. Hold on because she also offers valuable insights and lessons learned for aspiring entrepreneurs and those seeking to embrace their passions.Yep! Let's get into it! Oh and SEMPER FI!

We had the extreme pleasure of speaking with Author and Coffee Cocktail Barista, Cyrenthia McLennan! Cyrenthia combines her passion for writing and music with the art of coffee and cocktails, creating a captivating fusion of flavors and stories.

Join us for an enlightening and insightful conversation with our friend and Business Coach, from Two Mics Up, Damon Cunningham, as we explore these four fundamental aspects of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Get ready to unlock your potential, overcome challenges, and reach new heights in your entrepreneurial endeavors.

In this great episode, Damon walks us through his experience of how cultivating a positive environment, leading by example, and sharing your knowledge and experiences can empower others and create a ripple effect of success in your entrepreneur journey! Let’s get into this fabulous episode!

We are exploring the experience of being a full-time entrepreneur and the challenges that come with it, with the Owner of Tinker Jewels, LLC, Naquita Makell Gary. She shares her personal stories, struggles, and triumphs in building and running her Tinker Jewels business. Naquita takes us through her journey of 7 years before she could go from fulltime employee to full time entrepreneur! Okay Naquita, we see you!!! She sets the stage of exploring the realities of being a full-time entrepreneur while also balancing being a wife, mother and friend and engaging family member. Sharing real-life stories of the challenges and successes of being a full-time entrepreneur while providing practical advice for aspiring entrepreneurs and those already on the journey. Naquita also shares how she made a few $thousand dollars on social media - ok!!! Let’s get into it!!

A new year is upon us and like so many do every year - new year resolutions are coming out of the woodwork! This episode is different from your traditional resolution breakdown. Instead, we want to discuss what we learned in the previous year that will serve us well in the New Year!

Hey Hey! We are so excited to have on our show, Founders, Vice President & President of the Virginia Black Business Directory, Tracey & Ernisha Hall! This powerful entrepreneur couple sat down with us and discussed everything from representation, gentrification, small business advocacy, relationship building, community support, and so much more!

This power couple saw a need in the way our black business owners were NOT able to effectively maneuver in the business space in the Virginia area - so they created a space! Their mission is, “...to amplify the exposure of small businesses while advancing the economic development and social equities of black business owners……..striving to bridge the racial wealth gap through community collaboration, education, and training programs and resource navigation”.

Episode 60 has us up watching the sunrise, over a great cup of coffee and an even better 30+ minutes of engaging conversations. This conversation is one of many discussions that we have over coffee and lots of love! Let’s get into it!

We are continuing Season 4 with Natalie Pecora of NJP Productions. Natalie is an entrepreneur, custom jewelry designer, and graphic designer, as well as an off-broadway set designer in fabulous New York City. This discussion is so fluent as we discuss creativity, the pandemic, family/friends, the social media community, ownership, love, and loss.

Yes! Yes! Yes! This is part 2 of our powerful discussion with Pierre Campbell as he breaks down the distinction between leadership & management. We dive deeper into Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, as Pierre addresses the movement from corporations as we all lived and watched horrendous acts of exclusion and racism in our society. The importance of being a great manager and an effective leader comes into play even more and is critical to employees and companies moving forward in a progressive manner. Continue to ride this discussion out with us and eat at this table of excellence, through the teachings of our guest - Leadership Coach, Pierre Campbell.

What does Leadership versus Management mean to you? Everyone who is a leader may not possess the skills to manage. Everyone who can manage may not possess the tenacity to lead. We often get these two skill sets and qualities confused. But! Not today! Pierre Campbell of, The Leadership Network Team, will break these words down in their true forms and we will ultimately leave this meaningful discussion knowing the difference between these two powerful words. Let’s talk about….Leadership vs Management with the dynamic and motivating Leadership Coach, Pierre Campbell!

It truly is perfectly okay to do better and want more out of your life's journey. So, don't apologize for doing better, instead share your knowledge, reward yourself, clap for yourself and love yourself more!

Most teachings come from a place of hardship & even a place of struggle. Our struggles may not be the same but, the need to pass down knowledge sprinkled with the newness of what we know now, is still a necessary action, that we should willingly execute daily. Yes! Our elders taught us what they knew and now it's time for us to do the same!

Do you want to get into the AirBnB game, but feel you do not have enough capital to get started? Or, if you get the AirBnB, you worry that you may not have the finances to furnish it? Well, you are really going to want to listen to this episode. We discuss how Tiffanie & Deonte' Toliver got their first AirBnB on a budget and then went on to furnish it on an even tighter budget! Let's talk about starting an AirBnB with The Tolivers! Let's go!

Celebrate good times, come on! It’s a Celebration! Yes! We are in Season 3! This episode is truly, Random AF! We talk about any and everything as we look back at our previous episodes and push forward to even better topics and more courageous conversations! Check it out!