We were fortunate to catch up with some brilliant artists, creatives and entrepreneurs from throughout the Houston area and they share the wisdom with us below.

Yamile JAHmeLEH” McBride | Holistic Therapist & Speaker”

The idea for Igniting Relationships was the healing and integration of my souls journey. I now get to impact and ignite other strong, high performing professionals to REMEMBER their own divine essence and unapologetic purpose in the world. Being a Holistic therapist allows me to stay in constant remembrance that life is meant to be experienced fully regardless of the unconscious conditioned beliefs of society, religion, and culture. Growing up as an immigrants daughter brought to me many opportunities to ignite relationships with self and others and my personality loved it. Because I went to 27 schools, lived in foster homes and shelters until graduating high school, I was already conditioned to believe that I would get what I wanted when I “work hard, serve others before myself, going to college would be the only way to achieve, money is the root of evil, and you can’t trust anyone.” With all of those deep rooted unconscious beliefs I became an overworking, over drinking, over pleasing adult who kicked butt in every job, or project I laid my hands to the detriment of my own relationships with my health, wealth and well being. At 40 years old, after doing everything I was told I needed to do to “be happy” I was in my 3rd failing marriage, over drinking and working over 80 hour weeks bull dozing anyone or anything that came close to me if it wasn’t on target of “closing achievement gaps and making others outside of my home happy, pleased.” I got taken down by a student. That student ultimately saved my whole existence. She ironically came from where I was born in NJ and she too was just desiring to belong and found significance in using her powers to harm others. That opportunity set me on the journey of a lifetime and over the last 8 years I have invested more on my own personal, spiritual development, and certifications to support others who want to Ignite the relationship with themselves, their source and others to create the magnificent lives they can dream up. Read more>>

Allyson, Diane, & Dewey Hawkins | Co Owner- Allyson Hawkins, Co Owner- Diane Hawkins, CEO/Sales Director- Dewey Hawkins

My husband and I have taken a risk with the marketing costs of promoting Mrs. Moves LLC. We chose to go the billboard route in our home town to build up brand awareness, those two billboards run us $2,350 a month, we also pay for instagram marketing as well. We are self funding Mrs. Moves LLC and the risk has been worth the reward, scared money don’t make money. Read more>>

Robin J. Watkins | Personal/Executive Assistant & Conversationalist

The most important factor behind the success of The House of Wealth brand is Family/community. Family isn’t limited to those of the same bloodline. Family are those that teach, love, respect, trust, and go above and beyond to insure the House continues functioning according to the standard. We hold each other up and grow together. Read more>>

Amanda Brennan | Team Builder & Culture Transformer

I would love to say I thought and planned for years but, unlike others, my decision was sporadic. The value that has been instrumental in shaping my work has been family. Read more>>

Maneke Martin-Snowden | Nourish + Soul Founder & CEO & Mommy

From the very beginning, I knew that I wanted to create a brand that uplifted women and was also environmentally friendly. I stumbled upon the world of handcrafted artisan soap and was amazed by the stunning creations that I saw. As I started delving deeper and researching the ingredients used, I soon realized that not all handcrafted soaps were created with the same level of quality and consideration for the environment. It was then that I knew that Nourish + Soul had to be different. One can build a successful brand while staying true to their core values and without compromising on the quality of the products and how they are made. Read more>>

Me and My White Friend | Sketch Comedy Show

Our friendship started at Dick Broadcasting Company in Greensboro, NC.. Where Thomas , better known as “Intern Hugs” was an on-air radio personality for Jared & Katie in the Morning. Reggie worked in the digital department and helped create funny content for the morning show with Thomas. As our friendship grew through work, we had creative ideas that just didn’t fit with the stations brand at the time. So, we created “Me and My White Friend” in 2019 before the presidential election, when our country seemed to be pretty divided. We wanted to create a brand that brought people together through comedy and music. Read more>>

Mena Garcia | Owner and lead hair and makeup artist

The amount of behind the scenes work in order to run our business successfully! Time spent doing administrative work, restocking products, cleaning/organizing kits and brushes, social media, training and hiring team members, and managing our websites! Read more>>