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From network marketing to running a multi-million-dollar business, Keenya Kelly shares her secrets plus her intention to help women thrive.

How do you go from a college student recruited into network marketing to a brand strategist who has generated over $3 million in revenue through social media? On this episode of The Erica Glessing Show, Erica sits down with the phenomenal Keenya Kelly, a Houston-based marketing powerhouse who is teaching women how to turn their businesses into profit-making brands.

Keenya shares her "zero to hero" story, starting with the moment she traded a corporate-friendly straightened-hair look for her natural curls—a move that sparked a journey of self-discovery and business boldness. From renting out a convention center for a 1,500-person hair show (with zero prior experience) to becoming a leading voice in TikTok and Instagram marketing, Keenya’s journey is a masterclass in leaning into your unique gifts.

• The Power of the "Visual Hook": Keenya breaks down the anatomy of a "scroll-stopping" video. In a world where most people watch on mute, your visual hook and on-screen text are the most critical tools for capturing attention.

• Awareness vs. Conversion: Not all content is created equal. Keenya explains the difference between "awareness content" (building your brand) and "conversion content" (driving sales), and why you must know your intent before you hit record.

• The Fortune is in the List: Despite the rise of new platforms, Keenya reveals why email marketing remains her top sales driver. She shares how one client gained 100,000 email subscribers from TikTok alone, proving that social media is the top of the funnel, but the inbox is where the business lives.

• Embracing the AI Wave: Instead of fearing the rapid changes in AI and Generative Engine Optimization, Keenya shares her philosophy on "leaning in." She discusses how she uses tools to streamline her creative process and why the "human-in-the-loop" is more important than ever.

Kenya Kelly is a speaker, author, and the CEO of Kenya Kelly Inc. She specializes in helping female entrepreneurs navigate the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing. Through her $47/month membership community, she provides accessible coaching to help women build sustainable, high-impact brands.

Connect with Keenya:

• Website: KeenyaKelly.com

• Social Media: Follow @KeenyaKelly on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

"I realized that I had something that I thought was normal that was special... I decided to keep going. If I stop and look at myself, I’m just going to pause. So let’s just keep going." — Keenya Kelly

"It’s more important for us to lean into AI than lean away from it, because it’s not going anywhere. It’s only going to become more... you have to move with it." — Keenya Kelly

Listen to the full episode to hear more about Keenya’s accomplishments and her advice for women who are ready to stop playing small and start being "loud and proud" about their brilliance.

In this first episode of 2026, host Erica Glessing shares inspiration for 2026 including the next four books Happy Publishing LLC will be releasing! Exciting year ahead. With the new energy in 2026, you may be feeling overwhelmed or too much excitement. No worries! Erica shares  tips for self expression going into this year. 

Author Angela Legh (pronounced Lee) shares how a devastating fire that took everything ended up inspiring a series of fairy tales designed to awaken expression and emotional healing!

In this heartwarming episode of The Erica Glessing Show, host Erica Glessing welcomes inspirational children's author Angela Legh to discuss her magical Bella Santini Chronicles. With captivating sincerity, Angela shares her remarkable transformative journey that began after surviving a devastating wildfire in Northern California—a life-changing event that empowered her to end a 32-year marriage, leave her government job behind, and embark on an exciting new chapter writing fairy tales in the enchanting forests of England.

With genuine passion, Angela reveals how her personal healing journey infused her writing with wisdom, weaving emotional intelligence lessons into stories that not only entertain children but offer powerful insights for parents too. She beautifully articulates the importance of allowing children to express their emotions freely rather than suppressing them, explaining that unexpressed feelings don't simply disappear—they accumulate and eventually surface as emotional outbursts.

Angela shares her creative process, finding inspiration in nature and trusting her intuition rather than forcing herself to write on a schedule. She offers aspiring writers encouragement to follow their creative instincts regardless of publication goals.

The interview concludes with Angela providing a practical emotional regulation tool called "focused attention," explaining that emotions naturally last only 90 seconds in the body when we allow ourselves to feel them fully without prolonging them through repetitive thoughts.

Listeners can find Angela's books and resources for parents and teachers at angelalegh.com.

Erica closes the episode by introducing her Divine Guidance coaching program, now enrolling! This 12-week 1:1 coaching program is designed to help creative entrepreneurs focus on one project to completion, release blockages from past or current lives, and awaken divine guidance as a daily path.

May be customized for your path – growing your business, building your book, nurturing your marketing, starting a stunning podcast, or simply feeling better each day. Together we will create your own 10K month designed plan with marketing, emails, a very simple sales page, and your choice of delivering services. 

If you’ve been seeking divine guidance, and knowing your knowing, trusting your intuitive gifts, and building your business from authentic source connectivity – this coaching is FOR YOU! Apply here: https://energyclearingforlife.com.

Angela Legh is best known as the author of her Gold medal award-winning children’s fantasy book series, The Bella Santini Chronicles, which gives children and their parents tools and techniques for emotional balance. For over 50 years, Angela experienced abuse, bullying, and belittlement, and through that exposure, she developed emotional management methods. Angela has been featured in USA Today and the Los Angeles Tribune newspaper and magazine, along with countless other media exposures. Angela is an international bestselling author with eight published books.

Angela has shared the stage with Les Brown, Dr. John DeMartini, Bernardo Moya, Michael Beckwith, Joe Vitale, Alison Larsen, Moe Rock, David Fagan, and many others. Angela has done everything from speaking to C-suite level entrepreneurs about emotional intelligence to creating engaging children’s videos. When Angela isn’t writing children’s stories, she can be found hiking in the beautiful wilderness of Taos, New Mexico.

Angela's children's fairy tale series, The Bella Santini Chronicles, is highly acclaimed for helping pre-teens learn how to manage their emotions. Accolades and awards include Mom's Choice Award - Gold Medal 2023 for Bella Santini in the Land of Everlasting Change and Bella Santini in the Troll War; Hindi's Libraries - Silver Medal; finalist, Top Females of Fiction 2023, Bella Santini in the Troll War.

For more information: https://AngelaLegh.com

We talk about the power of speaking from a place of authenticity today on The Erica Glessing Show. Enjoy guest Jeff Davis, author of the book "The Power of Authentic Leadership: Activating the 13 Keys to Achieving Prosperity Through Authenticity".

Here's how to find out more about Jeff! https://jeffdspeaks.com/

Today's episode was sponsored by Energy Clearing for Life, a way of being in the world. For a complimentary zoominar being led by Erica Glessing go here and sign up! 

SEO geek Erica Glessing believes when you tell your story, you change the world. Discover your zone of genius. Glessing is a #1 bestselling author 33X over, and built her company, SEO for Lead Gen, out of the desire to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be seen for their work in the world. With a strategic mindset, an easy laugh, and a creativity that meets geek sensibility, Glessing grew her podcasts to more than 100,000 downloads in 2020 alone and continues to build search engine optimization strategies for companies and influencers globally. “Global and local omnipresence requires discipline, commitment, and creativity,” says Glessing. She was originally an award-winning journalist, writing over 5000 articles for California newspapers before she built SEO for Lead Gen. Glessing is an Italian mom of three loud teens, a Corgi Aussi, and two very fat happy kitties. She lives in Northern California. You can find her:

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Today's episode was sponsored by SEOforLeadGen.com, an SEO company dedicated to providing SEO and keyword strategy so your business can be seen and heard and generate ample leads to thrive.

For your own complimentary 90-keyword strategic SEO guide, go here now! KeywordResearchTools.SEOforLeadgen.com

Bud Brandenburg's daughter's love shines through this interview in honor of the 75th Anniversary of D-day on The Erica Glessing Show. Molly Brandenburg carefully went in and documented each letter and the stories that emerge are amazing.

What does it take to end the war?

“Letters From Bud” is the remarkable, first-hand account of the harrowing air war in Europe as told by WW2 flight navigator and bombardier John “Bud” Brandenburg, in his letters home during the conflict, from 1944-45. With guts, wit and grace, Brandenburg records his experiences with the daring “Koltun crew,” which flew 30 missions over Europe. Through numerous strokes of fate, the crew survived a run of missions with the “bloody” 492nd Bomb Group, a unit that endured an 80 percent casualty rate as the men faced down the seemingly unstoppable German Luftwaffe. Brandenburg’s letters create a stirring picture of one young man’s experiences during the war, as he served with the US Army Air Corps in Europe and then navigated supply runs with the Air Transport Command in the exotic North African and Middle Eastern theaters. Re-edited for publication by his daughter Molly, Bud’s witty and often heartbreaking observations of life during the final, epoch-changing days of the war make for an unforgettable and highly adventurous read.  www.lettersfrombud.com for more!

Buy the book today!

SEO geek Erica Glessing believes when you tell your story, you change the world. Discover your zone of genius. Glessing is a #1 bestselling author 33X over, and built her company, SEO for Lead Gen, out of the desire to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be seen for their work in the world. With a strategic mindset, an easy laugh, and a creativity that meets geek sensibility, Glessing grew her podcasts to more than 100,000 downloads in 2020 alone and continues to build search engine optimization strategies for companies and influencers globally. “Global and local omnipresence requires discipline, commitment, and creativity,” says Glessing. She was originally an award-winning journalist, writing over 5000 articles for California newspapers before she built SEO for Lead Gen. Glessing is an Italian mom of three loud teens, a Corgi Aussi, and two very fat happy kitties. She lives in Northern California. You can find her:

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Today's episode was sponsored by SEOforLeadGen.com, an SEO company dedicated to providing SEO and keyword strategy so your business can be seen and heard and generate ample leads to thrive.

For your own complimentary 90-keyword strategic SEO guide, go here now! KeywordResearchTools.SEOforLeadgen.com

Exploration of near death experiences and life after death with an emergency room doc who now practices healing for lost souls. Fabulous conversation with Jeff O'Driscoll on The Erica Glessing Show Podcast.

Get his book here!

SEO geek Erica Glessing believes when you tell your story, you change the world. Discover your zone of genius. Glessing is a #1 bestselling author 33X over, and built her company, SEO for Lead Gen, out of the desire to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be seen for their work in the world. With a strategic mindset, an easy laugh, and a creativity that meets geek sensibility, Glessing grew her podcasts to more than 100,000 downloads in 2020 alone and continues to build search engine optimization strategies for companies and influencers globally. “Global and local omnipresence requires discipline, commitment, and creativity,” says Glessing. She was originally an award-winning journalist, writing over 5000 articles for California newspapers before she built SEO for Lead Gen. Glessing is an Italian mom of three loud teens, a Corgi Aussi, and two very fat happy kitties. She lives in Northern California. You can find her:

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Today's episode was sponsored by SEOforLeadGen.com, an SEO company dedicated to providing SEO and keyword strategy so your business can be seen and heard and generate ample leads to thrive.

For your own complimentary 90-keyword strategic SEO guide, go here now! KeywordResearchTools.SEOforLeadgen.com

Judith Royle is an empath psychic soul generation healer and we're having her on the show and celebrating her birthday on the same day! Listen as Erica asks her about the Akashic records.

For more go here: http://www.judithroyle.com/

SEO geek Erica Glessing believes when you tell your story, you change the world. Discover your zone of genius. Glessing is a #1 bestselling author 33X over, and built her company, SEO for Lead Gen, out of the desire to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be seen for their work in the world. With a strategic mindset, an easy laugh, and a creativity that meets geek sensibility, Glessing grew her podcasts to more than 100,000 downloads in 2020 alone and continues to build search engine optimization strategies for companies and influencers globally. “Global and local omnipresence requires discipline, commitment, and creativity,” says Glessing. She was originally an award-winning journalist, writing over 5000 articles for California newspapers before she built SEO for Lead Gen. Glessing is an Italian mom of three loud teens, a Corgi Aussi, and two very fat happy kitties. She lives in Northern California. You can find her:

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Today's episode was sponsored by SEOforLeadGen.com, an SEO company dedicated to providing SEO and keyword strategy so your business can be seen and heard and generate ample leads to thrive.

For your own complimentary 90-keyword strategic SEO guide, go here now! KeywordResearchTools.SEOforLeadgen.com

On the day of the birth of Princess Diana's grandson, the spirit of Princess Diana graces us with some magic inspiration. Special guest Jennifer S. Royal, a European magician, shares her gifts with Erica as they both reflect on the gift of following your heart. It's a magic show indeed!

Jennifer S. Royal had her first contact with magic at the age of 4 and her first stage appearance at age 7. She is a member of the magic circle and studied all fields of magic - especially mentalism and hypnotism. 

As Erica hears messages from the late Princess Diana urging us to all follow our hearts -- even if that means marrying someone from a different country and a different class -- and as the world celebrates the birth of her grandson -- Jennifer and Erica have fun with the concepts of magic and staying true to your heart even if that means you might be ridiculed or thought other than normal.

It's never boring on The Erica Glessing Show! Catch up with Jennifer here:

Today's episode was brought to you by Tree Lopping Services Perth, an all-service tree trimming company in Perth, AUS.

SEO geek Erica Glessing believes when you tell your story, you change the world. Discover your zone of genius. Glessing is a #1 bestselling author 33X over, and built her company, SEO for Lead Gen, out of the desire to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be seen for their work in the world. With a strategic mindset, an easy laugh, and a creativity that meets geek sensibility, Glessing grew her podcasts to more than 100,000 downloads in 2020 alone and continues to build search engine optimization strategies for companies and influencers globally. “Global and local omnipresence requires discipline, commitment, and creativity,” says Glessing. She was originally an award-winning journalist, writing over 5000 articles for California newspapers before she built SEO for Lead Gen. Glessing is an Italian mom of three loud teens, a Corgi Aussi, and two very fat happy kitties. She lives in Northern California. You can find her:

Instagram

Twitter

LinkedIn

Facebook

Today's episode was sponsored by SEOforLeadGen.com, an SEO company dedicated to providing SEO and keyword strategy so your business can be seen and heard and generate ample leads to thrive.

For your own complimentary 90-keyword strategic SEO guide, go here now! KeywordResearchTools.SEOforLeadgen.com

As the day begins, Erica received several beautiful messages from spirit to kick off the show including "Be the ocean, not the waves." Then she gets engaged with (no, not engaged like the ring silly, engaged like deeply enthralled) in a conversation with TV producer Phillip Andrew. He shares what lights him up, what inspires him, and how he can't help but help young people with messages of getting over the abusive choices he made as a young man. The choice of being sober in the bright lights of LA isn't always easy!

You can get more on Phillip Andrew here: http://PhillipAndrew.co

Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phillipandrewla/

Erica's quotation today actually stems from a page in a book by Toby Alexander about being the ocean! Not the waves, not distracted by minor things but staying in the bigger joyful being of you. 

And read more of Erica's Happiness Quotations here: http://HappinessQuotations.com

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SEO geek Erica Glessing believes when you tell your story, you change the world. Discover your zone of genius. Glessing is a #1 bestselling author 33X over, and built her company, SEO for Lead Gen, out of the desire to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be seen for their work in the world. With a strategic mindset, an easy laugh, and a creativity that meets geek sensibility, Glessing grew her podcasts to more than 100,000 downloads in 2020 alone and continues to build search engine optimization strategies for companies and influencers globally. “Global and local omnipresence requires discipline, commitment, and creativity,” says Glessing. She was originally an award-winning journalist, writing over 5000 articles for California newspapers before she built SEO for Lead Gen. Glessing is an Italian mom of three loud teens, a Corgi Aussi, and two very fat happy kitties. She lives in Northern California. You can find her:

Instagram

Twitter

LinkedIn

Facebook

Today's episode was sponsored by SEOforLeadGen.com, an SEO company dedicated to providing SEO and keyword strategy so your business can be seen and heard and generate ample leads to thrive.

For your own complimentary 90-keyword strategic SEO guide, go here now! KeywordResearchTools.SEOforLeadgen.com

Look for a new series of meditations on self love in May and June 2019! Go to www.BestSelfLoveBooks.com to download complimentary meditations from authors of the book and beyond!

SEO geek Erica Glessing believes when you tell your story, you change the world. Discover your zone of genius. Glessing is a #1 bestselling author 33X over, and built her company, SEO for Lead Gen, out of the desire to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be seen for their work in the world. With a strategic mindset, an easy laugh, and a creativity that meets geek sensibility, Glessing grew her podcasts to more than 100,000 downloads in 2020 alone and continues to build search engine optimization strategies for companies and influencers globally. “Global and local omnipresence requires discipline, commitment, and creativity,” says Glessing. She was originally an award-winning journalist, writing over 5000 articles for California newspapers before she built SEO for Lead Gen. Glessing is an Italian mom of three loud teens, a Corgi Aussi, and two very fat happy kitties. She lives in Northern California. You can find her:

Instagram

Twitter

LinkedIn

Facebook

Today's episode was sponsored by SEOforLeadGen.com, an SEO company dedicated to providing SEO and keyword strategy so your business can be seen and heard and generate ample leads to thrive.

For your own complimentary 90-keyword strategic SEO guide, go here now! KeywordResearchTools.SEOforLeadgen.com