From Layoff to Liberation: How Black Women Pivot Into Entrepreneurship

A layoff can feel like betrayal, devastation, or failure — especially for Black Women who have spent years over performing, sacrificing, and carrying workplaces that never carried us back. But what if a layoff is not the end… but the opening?

In this powerful LIVE conversation, I sit down with DaVida Chanel Baker, Talent Manager and champion for Black Women navigating career transitions, to explore how layoffs can become the unexpected doorway into entrepreneurship.

We’ll unpack:

• Why layoffs hit Black Women differently
• The grief, fear, and identity crisis that can follow job loss
• How to reclaim confidence after a workplace has discarded you
• The mindset shifts needed to move from employee to entrepreneur
• How to identify your transferable skills and turn them into a business
• What Black Women must unlearn to build a sustainable, liberated career
• Why entrepreneurship can be a path to healing — not just income

If you’ve been laid off, pushed out, or emotionally drained by a toxic job… you are not stuck. You are not alone. And you are not without options.

Your layoff is not a failure — it’s a redirect.
Your skills didn’t disappear — they’re being repurposed.
Your story isn’t ending — it’s evolving.

Special Guest: DaVida Chanel Baker
IG: etcandcompanyla
Podcast: All Up In It (on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube)

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🚨 Legal Disclaimer: Please note that this video does not provide psychological services or therapy. Dr. Kimani shares personal experiences, offers valuable resources, and provides information to empower Black women who are toxic job survivors.

Who am I? Dr. Kimani Norrington-Sands, a Black Woman Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Toxic Job Survivor with more than 15 years of experience providing mental health and consultation services. I'm on a mission to help Black women leave and heal from toxic jobs.

To learn more about my own experiences in a toxic job, watch the videos below in which I am interviewed by Stephanie Perry as well as Glamazini.
• Black Women Leaving Toxic Jobs ✌🏾 w/ ...
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• Therapy For Black Girls: https://therapyforblackgirls.com/
• The Loveland Foundation: https://thelovelandfoundation.org/

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