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Struggling with what to do next? Need honest realtalk cause you’re tired of the curated highlight reels on the socials? And want strategies to get out of your own way?
Your host, Elaine Lou Cartas, a first-generation Filipino immigrant, is an award-winning Business and Executive Career Coach for women of color and allies. Elaine is like you – she’s been fired, quit jobs, changed careers three times, and been in debt. Elaine’s success story? She’s always done what’s true to herself and wants you to know it’s possible too. She’s a former grassroots organizer, and nonprofit fundraiser who raised $11 million.
On the WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk™ Podcast (formerly known as the Color Your Dreams® podcast), Elaine and her guests get real when it comes to mistakes, growth and aligned action to help you create your own definition of success and happiness. Whether you’re a business owner or an executive leader, this podcast offers the tools to simplify workloads, reduce anxiety, and build sustainable systems that work for you and your team.
So bring your coffee, tea, or boba for some realtalk every Thursday!
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Most Recent Episodes
118: Why You Have an Unhealthy Relationship with Work (The Science Behind It)
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: What We Cover in This Episode: The science behind why your brain craves busyness (Answer: dopamine) How I’ve been rewiring my busyness cravings (& how you can too) What “rest guilt” really means, and how to repattern it...
117: 8 Years & 8 Mistakes (So You Don’t Have to Repeat Them)
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: What We Cover in This Episode: Today, I celebrate 8 years in business, and in true realtalk fashion, I’m keeping it REAL so you don’t have to repeat it. In this episode I’m honest about: Following copy-and-paste frameworks...
116: How to Work Right Now as a Woman of Color Leader Without Betraying Yourself
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: What We Cover in This Episode: Things are feeling heavy especially as a woman of color navigating work, family and everything else, so how do you even work right now in this chaos without betraying yourself? How do...
115: My Mid-Year 2025 Check-In: What’s working, what’s not & my predictions
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: I just ended an incredible May, increasing my revenue by 65%. This month, I’m working on 2 courses for a company and partying a lot. But it’s not what you think, I have kid birthday parties literally every weekend #weold...
114: My 1st Place Pitch Replay from SCMSDC + How I Hit My 2024 Revenue by May
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: What We Cover in This Episode: Replay + Breakdown of My SCMSDC #1 Pitch (and why that wasn’t even my goal) This episode isn’t just for business owners, it’s for leaders, job seekers, and anyone navigating relationships...
113: Networking Over Followers: My Strategy for Landing Speaking Gigs and Clients
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: What We Cover in This Episode: I always get asked, ““Elaine, how are you even getting all these speaking gigs and clients when you don’t even have 5,000 followers on IG or LinkedIn!?” Great question. And the truth is... I...
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Hi! I’m Elaine Lou Cartas, MS, your host as well as a Business and Executive Career Coach for women of color and allies. I help recovering perfectionist leaders and their high-performing teams create aligned lifestyles, while building lasting legacies in their businesses and careers. Together, we redefine success on your terms.
As a former grassroots organizer and nonprofit fundraiser, and now your WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk™ podcast host, I’m here every other Thursday to:
- Encourage conscious conversations® that align your values with sustainable results.
- Hold space for emotional blocks unique to your experience as a woman of color or ally.
- Empower you to break free from societal expectations, play by your own rules, and pave your own path.
Topics to expect? We’ll dive into life, business, career, family, mental health, pop culture, building a healthy relationship with social media, and so much more.
This podcast is dedicated to my two grandmothers and to all the brown girls like me who dreamed of creating their own legacy.
To fellow WOC podcasters, if you want me to be a guest in your podcast, send me email at [email protected]
I’m now joining the important work of women of color podcasters and audio creators, bringing insights and strategies to the podcasting industry.
And if you are ready to create and consume podcasts, the WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk is a podcast you’ll want to tune into!
Hi! I’m Elaine Lou Cartas, MS, your host as well as a Business and Executive Career Coach for women of color and allies. I help recovering perfectionist leaders and their high-performing teams create aligned lifestyles, while building lasting legacies in their businesses and careers. Together, we redefine success on your terms.
As a former grassroots organizer and nonprofit fundraiser, and now your WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk™ podcast host, I’m here every other Thursday to:
- Encourage conscious conversations® that align your values with sustainable results.
- Hold space for emotional blocks unique to your experience as a woman of color or ally.
- Empower you to break free from societal expectations, play by your own rules, and pave your own path.
Topics to expect? We’ll dive into life, business, career, family, mental health, pop culture, building a healthy relationship with social media, and so much more.
This podcast is dedicated to my two grandmothers and to all the brown girls like me who dreamed of creating their own legacy.
To fellow WOC podcasters, if you want me to be a guest in your podcast, send me email at [email protected]
I’m now joining the important work of women of color podcasters and audio creators, bringing insights and strategies to the podcasting industry.
And if you are ready to create and consume podcasts, the WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk is a podcast you’ll want to tune into!