YOU Better!
YOU Better! is a weekly conversation with personal development speaker and facilitator Kiesha Garrison. The podcast is all about self-discovery that considers what we are really up against in society. The "love yourself" memes make it sound so easy, but it will actually take a revolution inside yourself given all the systems in place demanding that you ignore and betray YOU every day. The spark for that revolution can be a conversation. By learning from the lives of other people, you grow your perspective and begin to understand your lived experiences in broader context.
Via thought-provoking interviews, YOU Better! aims to give you the insight and inspiration for compassionate and productive self-inquiry so you can unlock a deeper, more rooted love for yourself. A love so compassionate that it radiates from within you and pours into the broader human family.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2023
Get to the Other Side with Allison Zinczenko
Allison Zinczenko is many things - a mom, wife, educator, business leader and so much more. But above all else, she describes herself as a work in progress and shares with Kiesha on YOU Better! how …
Spread Truth and Joy with Alliah L. Agostini
Alliah L. Agostini is a proud native of Buffalo, NY and a developing creative. In addition to being a mom, a Harvard grad, and so much more, Alliah is the author of the kids book The Juneteenth Stor…
Overflowing Out of the Box with Shermica Farquhar
Shermica Farquhar is many things including being a multi-faceted Black woman and a Brooklynite proud of her Trinidadian heritage. She is an incredibly strategic problem solver who also runs two comp…
Replenishing the Soul with Kev Marcus
Kev Marcus is a Grammy nominated recording artist and co-founder of Black Violin, a band he formed with his longtime friend Wil Baptiste, in which they combine their classical training and hip-hop in…
Apply the Lessons
Kiesha Garrison reflects on having to shut her productivity down while being sick and lessons from the one work assignment she allowed herself to still do during that time - a speech for the Stanley …
Know That You Can Matter With Shaya Lyon
Some in the classical music scene might know Shaya Lyon as the founder of a nonprofit organization called the Live Music Project. For Kiesha, Shaya is also a very dear friend full of global perspec…
Reclaim Your Imagination with Zerandrian Morris
Living a life that doesn't center Whiteness is bold and requires intentionality and imagination. Zerandrian Morris joins Kiesha on this episode to talk about turning points in her life that led her …
Apply The Right Pressure with Aspen Fitzgerald-Dorsey
Aspen Fitzgerald- Dorsey shares with Kiesha Garrison details from her life story as a young Black woman who dealt with the pressures of attending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology…
You Are Worthy of Dignity with Nikki Gane-Butler
In this episode, Kiesha is joined by Nikki Gane-Butler, the Founder and Director of Dignity for Divas, who shares her story as well as her perspective on self-leadership, our connectedness as humans,…
Choose Joy and Come Alive with Dr. Jun Love Young
Jun Love Young, PhD is many things...CEO of ZUM Communications, founder of Beloved Arise which celebrates and empowers LGBTQ+ youth of faith, a father, a storyteller, and so much more. In this inter…
The Superpower of Sensitivity with Ben Shimizu
Join Kiesha Garrison and Ben Shimizu of Canine Cornerstone for this episode featuring many lessons about love, connection, and relationships we can glean from people who are intuitive enough to commu…
Rethink Resilience
Calling someone resilient is usually meant as a compliment. And for many years, Kiesha hoped to be more resilient. But her experience of pushing past fibromyalgia pain, weathering the negativity di…
Let Empathy Change You with Nyah Peyton
Kiesha met Nyah Peyton in LuvvNation, an online community founded by NY Times Best-selling author, Luvvie Ajayi Jones. Together, Nyah and Kiesha co-host Sunday Souls Sessions in LuvvNation, a month…
Observe Where You Are with Les Alfred
In this episode, Kiesha shares her thoughts about some of the faulty ways we think about self-development and then is joined in conversation by Les Alfred, the founder of Balanced Black Girl, an onli…
At the Edge of Growth with Phill Nosworthy
In this episode, Kiesha heads over to Australia (virtually!) to connect with Phill Nosworthy to indulge in mutual curiosity about how it feels to grow and how you compassionately guide yourself when …
Happiness Takes Courage with A. Jade Smith
Kiesha and A. Jade Smith met on the internet 20 years ago and bonded over a shared connection to the phrase "Happiness takes courage." The two come together for a conversation that begins with discu…
Being Present with Mark Hatcher
Detroit native and Morehouse Man, Mark Hatcher, sits down with Kiesha to share his life story. He talks through his journey from his premature birth to his mother's guidance which provided inspirati…
Rooted in Community with Yaribel Mercedes
Kiesha and Yaribel became fast friends after finding one another frequenting the same online spaces, cheering for the same authors and generally being in community with each other digitally. In this…
Blooming in Hope and Love with Charles E. Sims. Jr.
What happens when you feel like your environment does not properly reflect love back to you? On this episode of YOU Better! Charles E. Sims Jr. reflects on his melancholy filled childhood and his jo…
Healing from Within with Tira Feierstein
In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to go on a healing journey towards self-love. Kiesha is joined by a dear friend who has made her life’s work about helping others understand and get…