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BFFs forevereverver, right? Um... Real deal friendship expert Shasta Nelson comes with all the advice and practical strategy for confronting loneliness the majority of us are feeling right now, navigating friend breakups, making a new crew, and cultivating relationships. Even during a pandemic.     Go deeper on the Frientimacy Triangle with a copy of Shasta Nelson’s Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness. Find more resources or work with Shasta on shastanelson.com and join the Girlfriend Circles community.Download the worksheet inspired by this episode to help you put pen to paper on making your relationship with beauty more about you and less about standards.  Never Been Asked is a production of Woman On LLCHost: Maxie McCoyCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelProducer + Editor: Sharissa Wright A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to move forward with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

To run a business together. Working to give the beauty industry a major makeover. While engaged. Fempower Beauty founders Alexis and Christina are making it happen. How?! Oh, we go there. Their personal relationships to beauty, identity, and each other will encourage you to put up a mirror to your own routines.  Join the Fempower community, pick up your own manifestation guide, or experience the lipstick line at fempowerbeauty.com or @fempowerbeauty on the ‘gram.   Download the worksheet inspired by this episode to help you put pen to paper on making your relationship with beauty more about you and less about standards.  Never Been Asked is a production of Woman On LLCHost: Maxie McCoyCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelProducer + Editor: Sharissa Wright A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to move forward with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

Mama or not, turns out your own birth story (and tapping into your ancestors for answers) can tell you a whole lot. We spoke with doula and reproductive justice advocate Latham Thomas about the fight for equity in maternal care, plus advice for advocating for yourself in any medical setting. Read one of Latham’s books or learn from her directly during a doula training program on MamaGlow.com. And for a daily dose of that calming, inspiring, always educational Lath wisdom, she’s @glowmaven on the ‘gram.   Download the worksheet inspired by this episode to help you put pen to paper on cultivating a healthy environment.  Never Been Asked is a production of Woman On LLCHost: Maxie McCoyCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelProducer + Editor: Sharissa Wright A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to move forward with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

Making money moves should be more than an Instagram caption. After an hour with millennial personal finance expert Dominique Broadway, it'll be your MO. Come for her story — from climbing out of debt, to building an 8-figure business — and leave with tips for taking on your money monsters, go from budgeting to growing wealth, and managing moola for your whole fam. Show Notes:On this ep, Dominique mentions NACA for those at different income levels interested in exploring the home buying process.   Follow @dominiquebroadway and sign up for one of Dominique’s bootcamps or her Wealth Transfer Investing Course on financesdemysitifed.com and check out budgeting guidebooks, her podcast and more. Never Been Asked is a production of Woman On LLCHost: Maxie McCoyCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelProducer + Editor: Sharissa Wright A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to move forward with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.comFollow @womanoncollective on IG

Nitika Chopra ODed on self help and all things wellness so you don’t have to. But one listen to the chronic illness advocate and founder of Chronicon, and you’ll prob want all of her mantras on t-shirts. Tune in for real talk on her own path from surviving to thriving with a chronic illness + what *not* to say to your friend going through it. Download the worksheet inspired by this episode to help you put pen to paper on your own wellness + self love journey (that does NOT suck).  Follow Nitika on her official site and Instagram @nitikachopra.   Join the Chronicon community for events, resources, workshops, and new connections in the chronic illness community. Never Been Asked is a production of Woman On LLCHost: Maxie McCoyCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelProducer + Editor: Sharissa Wright A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to move forward with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.comFollow @womanoncollective on IG

Do they like me? Do they not like me? But seriously… do they?! Let’s be real: If likeability was on TikTok, we’d all be following and trying to copy its dances. The Likeability Trap author, Latina to Latina podcaster, and award-winning journalist Alicia Menendez gets meta with us on likeability struggles + pro tips for avoiding their death grip.   Follow Alicia Menendez on Instagram @aliciamenendezxo and Twitter @AliciaMenendez and buy The Likeability Trap wherever your fave books are sold. Download the worksheet inspired by this episode to help you put pen to paper on finding and avoiding your own likeability traps.  Never Been Asked is a production of Woman On LLCHost: Maxie McCoyCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelProducer + Editor: Sharissa Wright A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to move forward with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

Hi, the world/city/your neighborhood needs you. Take it from two women navigating local politics. Bushra Amiwala, the youngest elected Muslim official in the US, gives us a masterclass on how to pick yourself up after a loss and show up as an authentic leader. Newly-elected LA Councilmember Nithya Raman shares how she navigates the challenges of leading her city and her family through a pandemic and beyond.  Follow Bushra Amiwala on Instagram and TwitterFollow Nithya (and her epic Twitter threads) @nithyavraman  Download the worksheet inspired by this episode to help you put pen to paper on building community and finding mentors.  Never Been Asked is a production of Woman On LLCHost: Maxie McCoyCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelProducer + Editor: Sharissa Wright A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to move forward with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

After drunk dialing her therapist on her 25th bday, Tara Schuster set out to save her life through re-parenting, a reluctant gratitude practice, and writing an hour a day before her crazy stressful job. Think you never could? The “Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies” author and former TV exec will convince you that you can.Follow Tara online, on Instagram @taraschuster, and buy her book.Download the worksheet inspired by Tara’s episode to help you put pen to paper on a gratitude practice that’ll stick. Even for skeptics.Never Been Asked is a production of Woman On LLCHost: Maxie McCoyCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelProducer + Editor: Sharissa Wright A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to move forward with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

Wait. Laughing… like, “hahaha” and “lol”? There’s space to do that in the year 2020?! Yes. And super hilarious Danielle Perez is here to prove it. In this episode, the standup star — who found her comedy calling at 30 (so brave, we know) — shares how she’s kept creating in quarantine and how she’s making the entertainment world more inclusive. Yup, Danielle will make you laugh *and* give you the inspo to put pen to paper on your own projects. Show Notes: Follow Danielle Perez on Instagram @divadelux. While you’re there, check out her bestie + this episode’s Womxn on the Rise, Madison Shepard. Support Her: Subscribe to Danielle Perez and Madison Shepard’s podcast Wow Rude wherever you listen.Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of Woman On LLC.Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelTechnical Producer + Editor: Sharissa WrightSocial Media Producer: Betty Jean BowlesA week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

Cuckoo from quarantine? Same. Maxie’s making the most of it from — where else? — her apartment. Being stuck inside for the holidays is a lil bit of a bummer, but this ep we’ll kinda be together. On Zoom. Promise we’ll make it fun with food writer Sabrina Medora raiding our pantry, Kinfield founder Nichole Powell helping us shop small smarter, Woman On Collective leaders Cherise Goode and Jacqueline Twillie solving all (most?!) of our tough convo and EOY money probs.  SHOW NOTESEat up what food writer Sabrina Medora is cookin’ up on Un-Plated and in her community on Patreon) Shop Better Together with us this holiday szn (and all year ‘round tbh) and support small businesses owned by women and people of color  Find our moderating pro Cherise Goode on Instagram and LinkedIn Really get help with your money probs and visit Jacqueline Twillie at ZeroGap.co Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of Woman On LLC.Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelTechnical Producer + Editor: Sharissa WrightSocial Media Producer: Betty Jean Bowles A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.comFollow @womanoncollective on IG

The answer to your social dilemma is right here. Ethel’s Club and Somewhere Good founder Naj Austin shares how she’s blowing up the Internet (in a really great way) and inserting happiness and a little something she learned about community this year… from her real-life community. PS: Permission to feel joy, granted. SHOW NOTESYup, Ethel’s Club is 100% as cool as it sounds. Sign up online and follow along on Instagram. Naj mentions one of her advisors and all-around A+ texters, Jessica Eggert, who seemed too amazing not to include.  And don’t forget Brittany Chavez, founder of Shop Latinx. SUPPORT HER STUFFSocial platform Somewhere Good, designed for people of color to connect around the things we and they love launches in 2021. Sign up to get early access and stay up to date on when it drops.Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of Woman On LLC. Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelTechnical Producer + Editor: Sharissa WrightSocial Media Producer: Betty Jean BowlesA week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;).  Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective. Follow @womanoncollective

Indigenous activist and runner Jordan Marie Daniel @nativein_la has built a movement through movement: raising awareness for Black Lives Matter, murdered and missing Indigenous women, and even getting out the vote. All on her feet. We explore how to save the world, while maintaining boundaries, while in a pandemic (spoiler: not as easy as it looks) in this episode. We know, we want to hang with all of the incredible humans Jordan shouts out in this episode, too. We can at least help you follow along:  Rosalie Fish @rosaliefishx + check out the documentary she and Jordan were in togetherCali Wolf @caliwolfCorinne Rice @misscorinne86 Leah Thomas @greengirlleah Andrea Perez @for_the_love_of_earth Pınar Ateş Sinopoulos-Lloyd @queerquechua Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of Woman On LLCCreators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelTechnical Producer + Editor: Sharissa WrightSocial Media Producer: Betty Jean Bowles A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

Imagine a world where everyone is trying to be 1% better today than they were yesterday. That’s the world author, transgender activist, entrepreneur Jodie Patterson is building with mothering as the governing law. Think you know what it means to mother? Watch and listen; Jodie is about to help you birth a major “aha!” moment in this episode. Show Notes: Tune in to Jodie’s Woman On the Rise: Njeri Brown, a TV writer who has written for your fave shows like Dear White People, Black-ish, and Dead to Me. Support Her: Find all things Jodie Patterson on her official site, including her book The Bold World and news of her new book Born Ready The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope. Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of Woman On LLC. Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa Raphael Technical Producer + Editor: Sharissa Wright Social Media Producer: Betty Jean Bowles A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @womanoncollective on IG

Somehow the holidays, the most important election of our lives, mercury in retrograde, 2021 — it's all here. There's a LOT on our minds and we know yours too so we're taking a beat. In this mid-szn check-in, Maxie sits in the hot seat to answers viewer questions and look to the next five weeks with a cheatsheet for how to keep on keeping on. No matter what tricks 2020 still has up her sleeves. Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of Woman On LLC.Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelTechnical Producer + Editor: Sharissa WrightSocial Media Producer: Betty Jean BowlesA week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.comFollow @thewomanoncollective on IG

We might not have seen 2020 coming, but Jessica Lanyadoo sure did. The multi-hyphenate medium, astrologer, author (don’t forget psychic) takes us beyond horoscopes to help make sense of this year, next, and our place in all of it. According to the stars. F*ck retrogrades — you got this. Plus, she’ll read host Maxie McCoy’s chart compared to two partnerships in her life, business and pleasure. Show Notes: Jessica put a woman on our radar who will become your new feel-good IG follow: Sonya Renee Taylor, author of The Body Is Not an Apology.  Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of Woman On LLC Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa Raphael Technical Producer + Editor: Sharissa Wright Social Media Producer: Betty Jean Bowles A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @thewomanoncollective on IG

In this episode, Jo gave some love to JRNI Coaching founder Noelle Cordeaux. Who’s a womxn on the rise you think deserves some time in the spotlight? Give them a lil boost today. Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of Woman On LLC Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa Raphael Technical Producer + Editor: Sharissa Wright Social Media Producer: Betty Jean Bowles A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @thewomanoncollective on IG

You may remember where you were last election eve. After two years working 24/7 on Hillary Clinton's campaign, Amanda Litman was at the Javits Center ready to celebrate. Spoiler: she didn't. She shares how she channeled the fallout from that into building a movement that's inspired thousands to run for office, changing our v broken system at the local level on up. This episode comes with a caveat: You will watch and feel called to action. We warned you.Show Notes:In this episode, Amanda mentions:Her awesome org Run for Something (visit... and Run!!!)Jennifer Carroll Foy, running for VA GovernorFL House Rep Anna Eskamani  Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of (yas) Woman On LLC.Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelTechnical Producer + Editor: Sharissa WrightSocial Media Producer: Betty Jean Bowles A week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;) Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective at womanoncollective.com Follow @thewomanoncollective on IG

It all started in a Dallas Lululemon. Ten years ago. A lot has changed for both Maxie and guest Bethany C. Meyers. Back then? They were lost af. In this episode, the two explore the twists and turns their paths took in the decade since — and how the bottom can actually be a really incredible beginning.From gender expression to body image to how they’re changing the fitness influencer game, Bethany explores the boxes they’ve broken out of to find their truest self. Building a business by hand, body neutrality, identity, and more, they go there. Tune in and #WomanOn.Support Their Stuff: Follow Bethany on IG @bethanycmeyersCheck out the be.come project on Instagram and onlineShow Notes (we got you):Bethany mentions a friend and nutritionist they work with, Whitney E. Hull aka @innatenutritionist You're Not Lost: Want to SEE the pics Bethany and Maxie are talking about? Watch the ep on YouTube.Bethany and Maxie say vote, so don't forget about that — make sure you're registered now and make a plan to vote Nov 3!Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of (yas) Woman On LLC.Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelTechnical Producer + Editor: Sharissa WrightSocial Media Producer: Betty Jean BowlesA week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;). Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective. Download the FREE worksheet for Bethany's ep here.Follow @thewomanoncollective 

After 6 million tuned in to an emotion-fueled IG Live titled "White Women Who Truly Want to Help," all eyes were on her. Actor, coach, founder Ivirlei Brookes opens up about rethinking how we define activism and shares how she tuned out the calls to change — and tuned in to herself instead. Go deeper on the topics talked about on this week's episode (listening to your inner voice, understanding limiting beliefs, cultivating meaningful friendships, and scripting a vision for your future) with a FREE downloadable + printable episode worksheet on womanoncollective.com ✨SUPPORT HER STUFF: Calling all real ones! Follow Ivirlei and Mavenelle on IG, plus check out Ivirlei's Intentional Activism workshop.Woman On With Maxie McCoy is a production of (yas) Woman On LLC. Creators + Executive Producers: Maxie McCoy and Lisa RaphaelTechnical Producer + Editor: Sharissa WrightSocial Media Producer: Betty Jean BowlesA week in Woman On starts with watching (or listening ;). Learn more about how to take the next best step with the rest of the Woman On Collective.Follow @thewomanoncollective