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Balanced Black Girl

Becoming the CEO of Your Life & How Pop Culture Influences Your Creativity with Michele Y. Smith

Balanced Black Girl

She's So Lucky

Health & Fitness, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

#274: What would your life look like if you prioritized wellness and set boundaries like a CEO?

Today, I’m sitting down with Michele Y. Smith, CEO of the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), to explore the various ways pop culture influences our creativity and how we can all invite wellness into the workplace.

We Also Talk About…

  • Michele’s career journey to become a CEO
  • Signs it’s time to pivot into your next big role
  • Tips for setting boundaries and protecting your time
  • Ways to set yourself up for a productive week
  • How to be a wellness-minded leader and set the tone for your team
  • Unique ways to give back to your community


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:09.9

So before we get into today's episode, I have some pretty exciting news.

0:14.1

Balance Black Girl is actually nominated for a 2025 NAACP Image Award under the best Podcast for Lifestyle and Self Help category.

0:25.4

Now, this is an incredible, incredible honor, and I would appreciate your vote.

0:32.0

We are with some amazing shows in the category that I'm honored to be nominated beside,

0:37.4

and I would just really

0:38.6

love to see you all turn up and turn out to support Balance Black Girl. So we will leave a link

0:44.7

in the show notes or you can go to the NAACP Image Awards website and you can cast your vote

0:50.2

there. Again, I would really appreciate your vote for balanced black girl under the best

0:54.5

lifestyle and self-help podcast category. Thank you so much for your support.

1:01.2

One of the things that I love doing is getting into the minds of successful women, whether that

1:07.7

is women, CEOs, business leaders, entrepreneurs, women who are at the top of

1:14.3

their game and in their craft. And in today's episode, I'm really excited to do just that. So I'm

1:19.4

sitting down with Michelle Smith, who is the CEO of the Museum of Pop Culture, also known as the

1:24.6

Mop, which is actually located in my hometown of Seattle, Washington.

1:29.0

And I grew up going to this museum and it has a really big place in my heart.

1:33.2

And Michelle and I talk about so many incredible concepts that you need to hear, particularly

1:38.7

if you are in your successful era.

1:41.5

Michelle really gives us a masterclass on what it looks like to be an empathetic

1:45.0

leader. We talk about the importance of wellness, of wellness in the workplace, how pop culture

1:50.9

impacts the ways that we connect with one another. You know we got to talk about Beyonce, because

1:55.8

this wouldn't be this podcast if we didn't. And we also talk a lot about the arts and investing in our local

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