About Next Level Woman: Life, Career, & Leadership
Next Level Woman is a empowering podcast dedicated to inspiring women of color to elevate every aspect of their lives. Join us as we explore strategies for personal & professional growth, career advancement, and authentic leadership. Through inspiring stories, expert insights, and practical tips, this show helps women break barriers, unlock their full potential, and step into their next level of success and fulfillment, as they define it.
Podcast Host: Kristen Newsome, M.Ed., PCC | CEO of Level Up Coaching, LLC
Executive Producer: Charles E.O. Barnes, II | Founder, WETF & Big Earl Records
You’re good at life. But did anyone ever teach you money? 👀💰
This November on the Next Level Woman Podcast, I’m welcoming Gloria Charles, Founder and CEO of the Financial Empowerment Institute, for a conversation about the beliefs, habits, and experiences shaping our relationship with money.
Gloria brings financial expertise, Caribbean warmth, and a wonderful sense of humor to a topic that can feel deeply personal. We’re talking financial confidence and competence, boundaries around generosity, and creating room for more choices, joy, and generational legacy.
🎙️ You can expect laughter, honest reflection, and some “oh, that’s me!” moments.
1 Jan 2026
Choosing Me: The Acceptance Shift
You don’t have to become someone else to deserve peace.
Self-love isn’t a reward for improvement—it’s a decision you make right now, in the middle of your real life.
Radical acceptance doesn’t mean you approve of everything. It means you stop fighting what’s true… so you can finally lead yourself forward with clarity.
Join our next conversation with Xaviera Barnwell, a mother, advocate, and a woman in her becoming.
Xaviera works in palliative care as a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), and she’s also a pre-nursing student on the path to becoming a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Through her voice and her lived experience, she explores faith, healing, femininity, and what it really means to choose yourself—especially when it’s uncomfortable.
#choosingme #radicalacceptance #selflove #nextlevelwoman #embraceyourpeace #loveyoufirst #selfrespect #matt22:37-40 #levelupcoaching
21 Nov 2025
From Delay to Data: Making the Meantime Matter
In this episode, we’re getting practical about the in-between—the season when your goals are real, your effort is consistent, and the timeline still says “not yet.” Our guest is Christina Johnson—a project manager and consultant with a psychology background who’s known for turning complexity into clarity. She helps leaders and teams operate with purpose, communicate cleanly, and make progress that actually shows up in the numbers.
In this conversation, we discussed how to turn waiting into strategy: how to reframe setbacks without shrinking, how to use simple metrics to track momentum, and how to communicate shifting timelines without losing trust in the process. In the meantime, strategize and refine your focus.
30 Oct 2025
Love Evolved: How Black Women Are Redefining Partnership in 2025
What happens when Black women stop performing love—and start defining it for themselves? 💛 Tune in as Imani Blake shares how her generation is rewriting the rules of partnership and authenticity in 2025.
27 Sept 2025
Navigating the Myth of Work/Life Balance: Curating A Life You Love
🎙 New episode! I sat down with Tangela Woodley, Sr. Manager of Employer Branding at L’Oréal Group, to talk the myth of work-life balance, setting boundaries, and curating a life you actually love. 💡✨
20 Sept 2025
An Unapologetic Call to Rest: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Podcast host and Author's review of her two latest book releases: Unapologetic: A New Way to Lead, Live, and Level Up and Sovereign Rest: Woman of Color’s Unapologetic Path to Renewing Mind, Body, and Spirit. Together, these two works—Unapologetic and Sovereign Rest —are two sides of the same coin. One says: rise boldly, take your place, lead without apology. The other says: breathe, reclaim your energy, protect your spirit. We need both.
23 Aug 2025
Mentoring for Career Success in Higher Education
Mentorship can be the game-changer that opens doors, builds confidence, and accelerates careers—especially for women of color navigating predominantly white spaces.In this episode of Next Level Woman, I sit down with Dr. Juliet Jordan Lowery, Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer at Greensboro College, to talk about:
✨ Breaking barriers and thriving in challenging environments✨ Building authentic mentor/mentee relationships✨ The role of allies and sponsors in real change✨ Strategies for resilience, belonging, and leadership🎧 We conversed about some real life situations regarding helping mentees who are navigating the landscape of higher education. Tune in for inspiring stories and actionable steps to create mentorship that truly transforms careers.Follow Dr. Lowery on Linked In
IG: @readerfrog88
8 Aug 2025
The Confidence Code: Black Women and Imposter Syndrome
In this soul-stirring episode of Next Level Woman, host Kristen Newsome welcomes Shameka Burrell, a powerhouse guest who is a pastor, business owner, nonprofit leader, wife, and mother. Together, they go beyond surface-level talk to explore the real roots of imposter syndrome in the lives of Black women—and what it takes to reclaim confidence in the face of doubt, perfectionism, and pressure.
Rooted in both spiritual wisdom and lived experience, this conversation is a permission slip for every woman who’s ever felt “not enough”—and a guide to walking boldly in your calling, no matter the title you carry.
🔑 Key Topics Covered:
Imposter syndrome and cultural identity
How faith and leadership can shape confidence
Balancing family, ministry, and business with authenticity
Rewriting limiting beliefs from society and childhood
Practical tools and mindset shifts to own your power
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