17: Eva Medilek - How to Be an Ally for People of Color
17: Eva Medilek - How to Be an Ally for People of Color
Over the past year, more of us are waking up to the systemic racism within our country. And while many of us mean well and want to be allies for people of color, the truth is that we often don’t know where to start.
So in episode 17 of The Optimized Life Podcast, we’re bringing in a guest expert to help us learn more about how to be an ally. We’re talking with certified high-performance coach and relationship success coach, Eva Medilek. Eva specializes in helping powerful, successful women have happier, healthier, more intimate connections in their relationships without giving up their power.
She uses her personal experiences along with her leadership, transformational and high performance training to teach you the pillars of high performance as well as showing you how to communicate in a way that fosters intimacy, influence and connection in your personal and professional life.
Listen in as we talk about:
2:22 Eva’s experience as a high-achiever and how this experience led to a wake up call
8:28 The experience of blending in but abandoning your true self
10:0) Taking 100% responsibility for your relationships
15:28 Generational trauma and the expectation of being “strong”
19:27 What many white people get wrong about being an ally (and the safe space Eva has created for us to learn how to be an ally)
26:02 The real work of being an ally for people of color
29:59 Why your relationship styles and inner work matter when it comes to being an ally
38:47 How to be a part of the solution
——— Podcast Guest: Eva Medilek ———
Eva helps highly successful, driven, high achieving, Executives, Entrepreneurs, Influencers, and Business Leaders get their drive back to go to the next level without isolating, exhausting, and sacrificing their lives in the process.
Where to find Eva:
Website: https://www.evamedilek.com/
Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theintimacyofrace
Download Evs's Guide Book here: 6 Powerful Ways of Being That Foster Effective Communication and Connection in Your Relationships Guide Book
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