Creative and Resilient Voices
Creative & Resilient Voices hosted by Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee, multi-hyphenate leader and creative
Where soulful storytelling meets bold strategy.
Each episode invites listeners into honest, heart-centered conversations about transformation, leadership, and defining joy and success on your own terms.
Through reflective solo episodes and rich dialogues with changemakers, artists, visionaries and everyday women navigating their own becoming, Creative & Resilient Voices celebrates the stories of those daring to remember who they are. It’s for the woman on the edge of change. The artist inside the strategist. The leader who longs to exhale. The dreamer who is done waiting for permission.
Themes include:
• Creativity in all its forms as an act of resilience
• Leadership and transformation in evolving times
• Navigating change, reclaiming authenticity, and redefining what it means to live with purpose.
• Healing, reinvention, and the stories that shape us
Join the Creative & Resilient community every other week for real conversations, soulful insight, and practical wisdom to help you design a life rooted in creativity, purpose, and joy.
In navigating challenges, new seasons of life, uncertainty, and the small quiet wins—we discover just how creative and resilient we really are.
Creative and Resilient Voices
Take Small Steps with guest Author Leah Schanke
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Leah Schanke, writer and Human Resources executive, shares her journey of pursuing her dream of writing professionally while working full-time, taking small steps. She explains how she is living in alignment with her purpose in writing historical fiction for children, while overcoming imposter syndrome in order to fully embrace the identity of a writer.
Leah Schanke is a children's book author whose multicultural heritage and interest in U.S. history inspire her to write historical fiction and nonfiction books for children with a focus on little-known but significant figures and events. Leah's debut picture book, FREEDOM AT DAWN, illustrated by Oboh Moses, launched April 2025. She is a PAL member of SCBWI, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and a member of the Authors Guild.
Resources Mentioned:
Freedom at Dawn by Leah Schanke available Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Contact Leah Schanke:
Website: https://www.leahschanke.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahschanke/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leahschanke/
Where you can find Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee, host of Creative and Resilient Voices:
Substack: https://creativeandresilient.substack.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenya_the_pathfinder/#
About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee
Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage.
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Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.