The Wishful Doing Podcast

The Wishful Doing Podcast

Hosted by: Dr. Ja'Bette Lozupone

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...

Episodes

Episode 38: The Conversation That Changes Everything: Why Young People Don't Need Another Lecture

Season #2

Young people don't need adults who have all the answers. They need adults willing to ask better questions. Tony shares why authentic mentorship begins with listening, how vulnerability creates trust, and why mental...
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Episode 37: Success Isn't the Finish Line: When Achievement Gives Way to Purpose

Season #2

What happens after you've achieved the dream everyone else celebrates? For Tony Covington, the end of one chapter became the beginning of something far more meaningful. In this conversation, we explore identity beyond...
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Episode 36: How Do We Stop This? Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Before It's Too Late

Season #2

Saving Lives Starts Earlier: What Families, Friends, and Communities Can Do We have named the crisis. We have explored the conditions. Now we ask the only question that matters: What do we do—before it’s too late? In...
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Episode 35: When Strength Becomes Silence: Black Men, Mental Health, and the Cost of Emotional Isolation

Season #2

What Happens When Black Men Don't Get Help? We cannot talk about intimate partner violence without talking about the internal worlds that often go unseen. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Timothy Golden, an...
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Episode 34: Why Are So Many Accomplished Black Women Being Killed by the Men They Love?

Season #2

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...
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Episode 33: The Caregiving Cliff: What It Really Costs Women to Care for Everyone Else

Season #2

Midlife leadership collides with something most women never planned for: Caregiving. There are 53 million unpaid caregivers in the United States. Most are women. Family caregivers provide an estimated $600 billion in...
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Episode 32: Hormones, Power & Productivity: The Menopause Conversation Corporate America Is Avoiding

Season #2

Women are leaving boardrooms, launching businesses, caring for aging parents, and managing teenagers, all while their biology is shifting beneath them. And instead of education, they receive dismissal. Instead of...
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Episode 31: Rebranding Midlife: Why Women Are Quietly Rebuilding Their Lives After 40

Season #2

There is a quiet exodus happening in midlife. Women are leaving jobs. Leaving marriages. Leaving titles. Leaving identities that once defined them. Here’s the controversial part, women are not unraveling in midlife...
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Episode 30: Building Beyond Yourself: Legacy, Mentorship, and Community Impact

Season #2

Success isn’t the finish line—it’s the foundation for legacy. In this heartfelt finale, Sandra opens up about what it means to give back, lift others as you climb, and build a community rooted in equity and...
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Episode 29: Breaking Ground: Leading Boldly in a Male-Dominated Industry

Season #2

Sandra didn’t just find a seat at the table—she built the table herself. In this conversation, we talk about what it takes to claim your space, command respect, and change the culture of an entire industry. From...
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Episode 28: From Spreadsheets to Steel-Toes: Reinvention in Real Time

Season #2

What does it take to walk away from a stable career and build something entirely new—especially in a world that wasn’t built for you? Sandra Hofmeister went from crunching numbers in accounting to running a...
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Episode 27: What You Can’t See Still Counts: Invisible Disabilities, Leadership, and the Practice of Grace

Season #2

Not all leadership challenges are visible. In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Louérs-Phillips opens up about living with a permanent invisible disability since 1996 and what it has meant to lead while managing...
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