The Wishful Doing Podcast
The Wishful Doing Podcast
Podcast Description
Where bold ideas meet real action—and purpose turns into power.
Hosted by Dr. Ja’Bette Lozupone—speaker, strategist, and founder of Wishful Doing, the Wishful Doing Podcast is a go-to space for mission-driven leaders, changemakers, and creatives ready to shake off the doubt, disrupt the status quo, and lead with intention.
Through raw, unfiltered conversations and inspiring stories, we shine a light on what it takes to build legacy, grow your impact, and stay in momentum—even when the odds are stacked against you. From student parent success and equity in education to leadership, entrepreneurship, and systems change—this is the place where you’ll find the tools, truths, and community to fuel your next move.
Subscribe now and join us as we turn wishful thinking into Wishful Doing—together.
Learn more at www.wishfuldoings.com and follow @wishfuldoings on your preferred socials.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast emphasizes themes of leadership, entrepreneurship, equity in education, and personal growth, showcasing episodes on topics like supporting teen parents, systems change, and building a legacy. For instance, the Teen Mom Awareness Month series chronicles the journeys of teen mothers transforming their challenges into strategies and advocacy.
Where bold ideas meet real action—and purpose turns into power.
Hosted by Dr. Ja’Bette Lozupone—speaker, strategist, and founder of Wishful Doing, the Wishful Doing Podcast is a go-to space for mission-driven leaders, changemakers, and creatives ready to shake off the doubt, disrupt the status quo, and lead with intention.
Through raw, unfiltered conversations and inspiring stories, we shine a light on what it takes to build legacy, grow your impact, and stay in momentum—even when the odds are stacked against you. From student parent success and equity in education to leadership, entrepreneurship, and systems change—this is the place where you’ll find the tools, truths, and community to fuel your next move.
Subscribe now and join us as we turn wishful thinking into Wishful Doing—together.
Learn more at www.wishfuldoings.com and follow @wishfuldoings on your preferred socials.
When Home Isn’t Safe: Understanding the Hidden Crisis Facing Black Women
We’ve been conditioned to look for danger in strangers.
But the data—and the lives lost—tell a different story.
Black women in the United States are murdered by men at nearly four times the rate of white women, and in more than 90% of those cases, the perpetrator is someone they know—most often an intimate partner. Despite making up roughly 14% of the U.S. female population, Black women represent nearly one-third of all women killed by intimate partners.
Let that land.
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Marissa Leslie, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Clinical Officer, and Senior Vice President at Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health—a national leader in evidence-based behavioral health care.
Dr. Leslie brings a clinical and systems-level lens to help us understand:
- How untreated and undertreated mental illness can escalate within intimate relationships
- Why high-functioning, accomplished couples are not immune
- How patterns of coercion, control, and emotional dysregulation often precede lethal outcomes
- And why the most dangerous moment for a woman is often when she tries to leave
We will also acknowledge recent, high-profile tragedies—not to sensationalize them, but to underscore the reality that this is not hypothetical. It is happening now.
This episode is about pattern recognition.
Because what we fail to name… we cannot interrupt.
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