The Introvert Sisters Podcast Wins Silver in the 2nd Annual Anthem Awards

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Introvert Sisters podcast announced today that it has been honored for Best Podcast in the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion category in The 2nd Annual Anthem Awards. Lisa Hurley and Sharon Hurley Hall are the Co-Founders and Co-Hosts of the podcast, which has achieved a Silver Anthem Award.

The Introvert Sisters is a Black-owned, woman-founded podcast that leads conversations around what it means to be Black and introverted. The show aims to celebrate the amazingness of introverts, destigmatize introversion, and advocate for greater inclusion, understanding, and belonging of introverts in professional and social spaces. The podcast also amplifies broader, intersectional issues affecting racialized people who identify as neurodivergent and introverted.

“On behalf of my sister and I, thank you to The Anthem Awards for this honor. As introverted Black women, as members of the Caribbean diaspora, we could not be more proud and humbled to receive this award and bring honor to our communities, particularly during Black History Month.” said Lisa Hurley, Co-Founder of The Introvert Sisters. “This recognition in the international sphere confirms that our work is making a positive impact.” stated Co-Founder Sharon Hurley Hall. “It inspires us to keep pushing forward, and advocating for introverts who might not otherwise have a voice.”

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Episode Summary

What happens when four introverts unite? Believe it or not, lots of fun and laughter! Join Sharon and Lisa as they chop it up with Richard Etienne, founder of Black Introvert Week UK, and Jeri Bingham, founder of Black Introvert Week. The 4 introverts collab to kick off Black Introvert Week UK, discuss the ins and outs of their favourite personality type, and share why – and how – they celebrate their introversion.

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Previous Episode: Triggered, Traumatized & Transformed with guests Alechia Reese and Dani Foster | TIS Ep. 64

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Are you triggered? Cause we’re triggered! It feels like especially since the beginning of the panorama we’re in a constant state of fight or flight. The good news is we don’t have to feel that way all the time. Alechia Reese and Dani Foster, hosts of the famous Triggered AF podcast, join Sharon and Lisa to discuss how to release your triggers and embrace transformation.

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Previous Episode: Relationship Green Flags with guest Stacey Alvarez de la Campa

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As a follow-up to last week’s episode on relationship red flags, this week we’re focusing on when you know what’s right. In this episode, Sharon, Lisa, and their guest Stacey Alvarez de la Campa share the signs – the green flags – that told them that the road to romance was looking promising.

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Previous Episode: Relationship Red Flags with guest Stacey Alvarez de la Campa

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Have you ever wished that people came with a warning label? A caution sign? Something to help you avoid impending heartbreak? Or have you ever been in a relationship that you wish had never happened? Whew chile!!! If you’ve ever had these thoughts, you NEED to tune in. In this special episode marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Sharon, Lisa, and their guest Stacey Alvarez de la Campa share their experiences, situationships, and red flags that people should look out for on the road to romance.

TW: Emotional and physical abuse are discussed.

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Previous Episode: Welcome to the Equaliversity with guest Lea Jovy-Ford

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Big visions come in introverted packages, as our guest Lea Jovy-Ford shows. Join Sharon and Lisa as they find out how Lea “accidentally” became the leading voice in the Location Independent movement, has created several successful startups, and is now working on her mission for life: creating an equal world for all through Diverse Leaders Group and the Equaliversity.

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5 Big Takeaways

1. On discovering introversion: “[Knowing I was an introvert] made it okay for me to be a certain way and for me to be able to identify and meet my own needs.” – Lea Jovy-Ford
2. On setting boundaries: “Having strong boundaries with my children is another thing that has made a big difference. So I’m very clear to them that if I need time and space, that I need time and space, and I’ll explain to them why” – Lea Jovy-Ford
3. On being people-first: “If people aren’t on good form, they can’t work and I wouldn’t ever want to or expect them to do. So it just makes logical sense to have an environment where the focus and the priority is on people first, you know, literally humans being as well as they can be.”  – Lea Jovy-Ford
4. On making an impact: “When you see how much money is spent doing stuff that really doesn’t matter, it kind of has an impact. And I just thought, that’s not how I want to spend my life.  – Lea Jovy-Ford
5. On building differently: “Because the whole purpose of Diverse Leaders Group, the purpose of the way that we want to build the company, as is as a prototype of how do we do this differently if we’re starting from scratch with a blank canvas, and we want to build equality all the way through?” – Lea Jovy-Ford

5 Juicy Quotes

• “I do little tiny practices of self care every morning.” – Lea Jovy-Ford
• “You stick your head above the parapet, and you know the danger is that it gets chopped off. That’s why most introverts don’t ever want to stick their head above the parapet. – Lea Jovy-Ford
• “Diverse Leaders Group is about working towards equality for everybody and tackling all of the isms, all of the discrimination but doing it in a very different way and using technology to do it.” – Lea Jovy-Ford
• “There’s a collective goal. And if the collective goal is equality, there’s a tension between how we achieve that as a collective, but what it comes down to  is individual responsibility and change at the individual level.” – Lea Jovy-Ford
• “I always say I am textroverted – textroverted, but introverted.” – Lisa Hurley

By the Numbers

• 01:26: Lea talks about the impact of discovering she was introverted
• 04:09: Lea shares some of the ways she carves out space to honor her introversion in a family of 6
• 06:11: How the location independent movement started “by accident”
• 07:57: The challenge of being visible as an introvert
• 13:17: Lea shares one of her core values
• 15:35: Unlocking your potential and brain power
• 18:17: Solving for equality with Diverse Leaders Group
• 20:11: Why equality makes sense
• 21:26: Lea turns the tables on Sharon, lol

Resources

• Vist Diverse Leaders Group
• Follow Lea on LinkedIn
• Check out the Equaliversity
• Join the Diverse Leaders Group community
• Read Lea’s newsletter: Doing Business Differently
• Subscribe to Sharon’s Anti-Racism Newsletter
• Pre-Order Sharon’s latest book: I’m Tired of Racism
• Follow Lisa on LinkedIn