Werk Stories

Season Six Finale: Werk Stories host, Joi, gives her interviewer chair to podcast producer and season 2 guest Adell Coleman. Joi tells the story about how the toxic workplace that inspired this podcast tried to silence her for the very last time. Check out Season 1, Episode 1 for the first part of this story.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-tried-it-jois-werk-story/id1585508287?i=1000535376359Follow the Werk Stories Instagram for off-season updates and daily content. instagram.com/werkstories

Ndidi's werk story is happening live! This special education teacher has not been given the support to succeed and it's all coming to a head.

Sheila's career path was not a straight line. Hear about how her risk-taking has led her to the career and life that she wanted.

Dr. Monica Cox, professor and "equity angel" shares her experience in higher education and how toxic work environments require us to make a decision about who we want to be and what we want for our life.

Six-figure career coach, Susana Briscoe Alba, talks about how her own work experiences led her to helping others develop their careers. Check out her upcoming professional development summit HERE

In this episode we hear from Jojo, a Dallas nurse who continued in the industry after Covid while, nationally, hospitals saw a shortage of healthcare workers. She talks about the many reasons nurses quit their often toxic work environments and what motivated her to stay.

Rachel recalls her days doing nonprofit work and how her trauma in those environments led her to work for herself.

Mackenzie shares her experience as a middle school teacher and her eventual transition into education tech, what she misses and what she doesn't.

Twenty-four year old Marlena talks about her journey to becoming a master plumber and how's she planning her professional life around multiple interests.