“From Survival to Strategy: Owning Your Narrative”
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
At 14, Tiffany Willis was a teen mom facing homelessness. Today, she’s a Fortune 100 executive and author. In this episode, she shares how she rewrote her story, from being labeled and overlooked to owning her voice, her power, and her purpose. Through her journey and her new book, Own Your Narrative, Tiffany opens up about family, faith, leadership, and the mindset it takes to turn struggle into strength.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:04.4 | No gloss, no filter. |
| 0:07.4 | Just stories. |
| 0:09.1 | Spoken without fear. |
| 0:10.9 | Person who is not generous can not be an artist. |
| 0:13.8 | The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. |
| 0:18.4 | Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Abhawad show |
| 0:21.1 | on the I Heart Radio app, |
| 0:22.9 | Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:24.2 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:27.6 | Come for the honesty. |
| 0:29.2 | Stay for the fire. |
| 0:33.5 | Calling all my sweeties to the forefront. |
| 0:36.1 | I'm your host, Chris René Hazel, and this is the Keep It Positive Sweetie show. |
| 0:43.3 | Welcome to Keep It Positive Sweetie, the place where we heal, grow, and learn together. |
| 0:48.2 | Today's guest is a corporate leader, speaker, and now author whose story is rooted in grit, transformation, and the power of owning |
| 0:56.6 | every part of who you are. I am so glad to be sitting with Tiffany Willis. Tiffany Willis is a CPA, |
| 1:04.0 | Fortune 100 executive and motivational speaker whose journey is nothing short of extraordinary. From |
| 1:10.2 | becoming a mother at 14 and experiencing |
| 1:12.9 | homelessness to leading at the highest levels of corporate America, including serving as senior |
| 1:18.1 | vice president at Starbucks, she has built a career and a life defined by resilience, grits, |
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