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Coaching Episodes

May 5, 2025

How to Turn Your Hustle into a Sustainable & Profitable Business (wit…

In this episode, join Aprylle Wallace, HR Expert & CEO of AW Squared Advisors.   The world seems to be engulfed in a tempest of uncertainty, exhaustion, and pressure from all sides at the moment. But in the middle of that storm is a tree planted...…  You are the tree. Rooted. Steady. Full of poten…

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July 19, 2024

What if You Chose to Break the Cycle?

What if you chose to break the cycle?  Listen in as we leap from complacency and into our greatest selves!  Are you ready?  Hop aboard Lolita's Change Train and let's have a bit of reflective fun!

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May 5, 2023

S4E78 - How To Navigate When Your Train Has Stalled (with Lolita E. W…

This episode is one you don't want to miss.  Have you ever felt that your train of work, life, or home has ever stalled right there on the railroad track to progression?  I know I have!  Join Lolita and a live audience for a juicy episode of Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations, where she leaves you…

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Feb. 26, 2023

S3E70 - How 5 Public Speaking Strategies Can Uplevel Your Life

What is Glassophobia?  If one out of four people suffer from it, you could be the one! This episode is all about public speaking tips that will change your life, TODAY! Grab your CC&C Journal here and grab 5 strategies that will uplevel your public speaking - guaranteed. Let's uplevel, together.

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Dec. 28, 2022

S3E67: How to Hold On in the Midst Of Everything Going On

Sometimes we are holding on by a string in life.  Sometimes we are holding on to our ideas and simply not allowing them to jump into the world.  I know I have been there!  And it is likely that you or someone you know has too.  This episode will not only motivate and inspire, but it will shift you …

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Sept. 3, 2022

S3E64 - How to Go From Cleaner to Wall Street to AI to Beyond (with Y…

Yan Yu has a story to tell and we can all gain a bit of insight from her share.  Imagine cleaning toilets and working in a factory day and night where the hustle was real.  Imagine now, this same you, as an analyst on the trading floor of Wall Street then to finally recognize that wow - it no longe…

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July 8, 2022

S3E60 - How Being Limitless Can Help You Demand More (with Laura Gass…

Laura Gassner Otting is joining Lolita on this episode to talk being limitless.  Not only is she a #2 Best Selling Author by way of The Washington Post, but she is also a power speaker, author and a sought-after, power woman within organizations.

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June 22, 2022

S3E59 - How to Become an inFLOWential CEO (with Stacy Raske)

This episode is for all of my purpose-driven trailblazers.  Do we suffer, while still holding a badge of honor?  or Do youflow with the expectation to lead with integrity, power and being?  Meet Stacy Raske, speaker, author, podcaster, Iraq veteran, inFLOWential activator, and TV peresonality, Stac…

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March 16, 2022

S3E54 - How to Amplify the Power of Your Voice with Quinn Conyers

Quinn Conyers joins me today and raises the roof when it comes to the power of amplification.  She is a power speaker and prides herself on transforming average experiences into epic events as an Emcee.  She broadasts the brilliance of Black Women in business and leaves nothing short of power aroun…

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Feb. 24, 2022

S3E51 - How to Navigate the Seasons of Your Life (with Tyrone Poole)

Retired 2x SuperBowl Champ, Tyrone Poole, played 13 seasons as a cornerback in the NFL and is joining Lolita to chat how to navigate the seasons of your life.  They talk through 5 considerations  to leave you with, have a ton of laughs, and drop other tidbits along the way.

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Feb. 2, 2022

S3E49 - How to Construct Your Entrepreneurial Journey (with Brian Hes…

IT IS SEASON 3 & A POWER OPENER WITH BRIAN HESS, Successful Entrepreneur, Mentor, Investor, Sales Expert and so much more.  He leaves us with some power nuggests to get us on way when it comes to truly constructing your journey of entreprenenurship.  I also dig in a bit to leave you with 4 Pillars,…

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Nov. 25, 2021

S2E45 -How to Work on Your Game: Mentality Matters (with Dre Baldwin)

Dre Baldwin is an author of 29 books, a former NBA player, publisher of over 15,542 pieces of content, a coach and teacher of discipline, confidence and mental toughness.  On this episode, he joins Lolita E. Walker to chat, not only these concepts, but also about leadership, a bit about his journey…

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Nov. 17, 2021

S2E43 - BONUS - Dear Yesterday (An Original Poem by Lolita E. Walker)

In this special bonus episode, Lolita shares a soon-to-be published, original poem called "Dear Yesterday."  Written with the goal to acknowledge our past, sit in our today and look toward our future, this powerful spoken-word poetry is worth the listen.  Did you know that other spoken-word pieces …

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Nov. 10, 2021

S2E42 - How to Maintain Presence in a Diverse, Equitable, & Inclusive…

Dr. Tina Opie is a powerhouse, who brings nothing short of a dynamic conversation, to this episode of Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations.  She a strategic management and organizational behavior expert, an award-winning researcher, consultant and Associate Professor of Management at Babson College,…

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Oct. 2, 2021

S2E40 - How to Turn Perceived "Junk" into Your Masterpiece (with Vond…

Whether physical "junk" or the perceived "junk" that we find hidden within us that we carry around for way too long, Vondre Smith of http://www.myatmosfera.com, brings the absolute fire on not only how, at 5 years old, he became an entrepreneur, using the "junk" that other people did not want, but …

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Sept. 4, 2021

S2E38- How To Narrate The Screenplay of Your Life (with Bobby Del Rio)

Bobby Del Rio, Canadian Activist, Actor, Play and Screenwriter,  and so much more, is joining Lolita for a bit of Coaching, Cocktails & Conversations on this episode 38.  From the intermission of the pandemic and shifting mindsets to huge wins on the app called Clubhouse, to the flow and impact …

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July 21, 2021

S234- How Kindness Can Help You Cope (with Ivory Tifa)

Ivory Tifa, Occupational Therapist, Poet and Kindness Doula joins Lolita E. Walker on this episode and it is soooo juicy.  It challenges your thinking a bit and helps each of us say hmmmm. We are about to move a little differently after this episode here! Question:  When you are at your lowest…

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June 9, 2021

S2E31 - How To Craft The Story Behind You & Your Brand (with Dhomoniq…

Dhomonique Murphy, a Media Master, 3x Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Serial Entrepreneur, Mommy and Wife, is joining Lolita on this episode, for a power packed segment to help craft the story behind you and your brand. Questions:  Do you consider yourself a brand? How would you shape the stories…

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April 28, 2021

S2E28 -I am the Master of My Fate. I am The Captain of My Soul. (wit…

What a powerful episode!  Dr. Khalek Kirkland, Principal of THE Boys Prep in the Bronx, NY, is ON FIRE, as he talks everything from the power of connection to several ways to tap into our Black and Brown boy scholars differently and intently within the educational arena.  During conversations, we …

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April 14, 2021

S2E27 - How to Turn PAIN into Purpose: The Power of Your Story with R…

Imagine being born to immigrants, being a 1st generation American, having a largely successful career, launching your own law practice and BOOM- Federal Prison!  Who hasn't experienced pain?  Whether physical, emotional, mental and more, we each have a pain-story, even you.  On this episode, I'…

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March 31, 2021

S2E26 - Dear Meghan Markle: A Thank You to the Women Everywhere Stan…

"Dear Meghan" is not only the title of my powerful poem that I share at minute 15.59, but it is also a celebration of one of the Power Women that I am calling out as a woman making history as we speak, specifically for walking into fear with courage by her side.  How often do we struggle to do that…

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March 17, 2021

S2E25 - How the Unconventional Can Power Your Dreams (with Pauleanna …

What if....you were unconventional and used it to power your dreams?  Imagine being an executive assistant for 10 years and building a six-figure business from your cubicle?  You heard me right.  What if you sat in your "Queendom" during this Women's History Month and dared to live as you colored o…

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March 3, 2021

S2E24 - Celebrating Women's Month: Poetry, Perseverance & Power (wit…

We are celebrating Women's History Month with poetry, perseverance and power.  I've tapped some of the amazing poets that I met on the Clubhouse app and am excited to bring them to this platform to share their work.  This episode is dedicated to all women, particularly the ancestry of the Black wom…

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Feb. 17, 2021

S2E23 - How To Shake The Shame of Being You: Culture, Bias & Beyond …

Kiran Bassi joins Lolita Walker in this episode to talk vulnerability in the workplace, sexual harassment, shame, leadership (and lack thereof), ethnic and corporate culture, owning your story and everything in between! Far too often in corporate spaces, we keep our heads down to get the work d…

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