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BOSS Spotlight: Meet The "Health Successor" Caprice O'Bryant

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Caprice O'Bryant is a certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition specialist through the National Academy Of Sports Medicine. She is the owner of Excuse Free Fitness, Inc., a personal training business with custom meal plan services. Caprice is a warrior and advocate of Epilepsy. She has hosted fundraisers to raise awareness in which 100% of the proceeds went to the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago.  She works to remove every excuse from people's lives as to why they cant do something. She says that with Excuse Free Fitness, you can do all things! Caprice is truly a walking miracle! "I believe I can still win with the hand I was dealt. Because in order to be used by God, you must literally be used!" The BOSS Network: What are some obstacles that you faced in the beginning process of starting your business or career? CO : When I first started as a trainer I was operating in an environment that frequently caused lots of stress, I would often get sick and have

Join Us Thursday, 2/26/2015 at 7/8PM EST For A Live Twitter #BOSSChat with Sophia Nelson!

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Former White House reporter, prominent political and cultural commentator, Sophia A. Nelson, says all women live by a Code, whether they realize  it or not. Nelson’s second book, The Woman Code, debuted in October 2014 as an instant national bestseller and was featured in national magazines and  major media outlets including NPR, Family Circle, Essence magazine, Ebony magazine, Publishers Weekly, TBN,  Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, American Business Journals and Business Insider. She says,  “It is time for us as women to start looking for what we need inside of us, instead of always looking to be validated  by what or who is outside of us. When a woman isn't living by the Code, her life is out of balance.”  Sophia Nelson is a woman on the move, with an emerging  global platform that is making strides to help women rede fine themselves  and unlock their lives by tapping into the power within.  Nelson is an American award-winning author and jou

BOSS Spotlight: Meet The "Spiritual Coach" Lakara Foster

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Lakara Foster , M.Ed. is the President of She Speaks Inc., an Atlanta-based firm that provides workshops and coaching focused on women's empowerment. She was nominated Author of the Year for her book *The Grown Woman's Guide to Greatness*. She has been featured on several television shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show and VH1's Atlanta Exes. The BOSS Network : What were some obstacles that you faced in the beginning process of starting your business or career? Lakara Foster : The biggest obstacle I had to overcome at the beginning of my business was mastering time management, becoming more fiscally responsible, and learning to trust my instinct. BN : What inspired you to break into your particular industry? LK: In 2012 I was laid off from my job as a school counselor due to budget cuts in the city's school system. It was during this time that I discovered my calling as a spiritual life coach, author, and speaker whose mission in life is to empower women into