Keep it Positive, Sweetie
Fearless Faith: A Candid Conversation w/ Mielle Organics Founder Monique Rodriguez
Sun, 11 May 2025
This week on Keep It Positive, Sweetie, I sat down with the powerhouse behind Mielle Organics—Monique Rodriguez. We talked about building a beauty empire, navigating loss, staying rooted in faith, and her brand new book The Glory in Your Story. Monique shares what it really takes to walk in purpose and turn pain into power.
Chapter 1: Who is Monique Rodriguez and what is her journey from nurse to entrepreneur?
Calling all my sweeties to the forefront. I'm your host, Chris Renee Hazlett, and this is the Keep It Positive Sweetie Show. Monique Rodriguez has shattered the glass ceiling in the beauty world with her Miel Organics brand. As the founder and CEO, Monique transformed her personal tragedy into a thriving, purpose-driven enterprise.
Her journey from registered nurse to a leading global beauty brand is a testament of resilience, faith, and unwavering determination. In her new book, The Glory in Your Story, Activating a Fearless Faith to Change Your Life, Your Career, and the World, she shares intimate insights into overcoming adversity and finding purpose through pain. Monique's story is not just about business success.
It's about inspiring others to embrace their own narratives and pursue their dreams fearlessly. Join us as we delve into her incredible journey and the lessons she's learned and how she's empowering others to find the glory in their own stories. KISS family, let's welcome Monique Rodriguez. Monique, thank you so much for coming today.
Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here.
Me too. We got to hang out for the first time really together for Fashion Week. Yes. You guys, Monique allowed me to come to the Tom Brown show with her.
I didn't allow you. You just showed up and showed out. Your presence was, it was definitely needed to be there.
Thank you. I had a blast. It was like one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. So that was a great time. But fashion has become a part of your personal brand. When did you really get into fashion? I know you have Jeremy, who is an incredible stylist. But when did you really decide this is something that's a part of me and I love it?
Yeah, so you know what's funny? So my mom, her passion is fashion.
Really?
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Chapter 2: How did Monique’s childhood and upbringing influence her personal brand and fashion sense?
Same. Girl, I'm right there with you.
there has definitely been times even recently um it's i guess the last big one was last year i did a podcast when we talk about interviews yeah and sometimes the backlash or the comments that people make and um somebody from church is like somebody needs to take your phone yeah give somebody your phone because no yeah or you like don't read them like don't don't even like
give your energy to things like that. And that's how I also maintain professional mode. I have to choose what I give my energy and what I give peace away to. My peace is not worth the negativity and the trolls.
It's not. It is not. Let's talk about the glory in your story. I'm often inquisitive about what makes somebody decide, I want to write a book or it's time to write a book. So what moment were you like, Mo, it's time?
Yeah, I feel that. So I've built this company over the past 10 years. It'll be 11 years in May. And I feel that the success that I have garnered, you know, people tell me all the time, oh, you're a unicorn. It's so rare to see a black woman have such a successful exit in this space. And I want to normalize that. I don't want to have the conversation or the narrative of like creating more unicorns.
I want this to be normal in our community. And I wanted to share the roadmap of what it took to build a successful company, what it took to scale to the level that, you know, the public sees today and the trials and the tribulations that, you know, came with building this company because I feel that entrepreneurs need to hear this story, right? Anyone needs to hear this story because...
There's so many different, you know, facets that can relate to people, right? If you are a career person, this book is definitely for you. If you are someone that's trying to increase your faith walk with God, like this book is for you. If you are going through a loss of a career, a loss of a loved one, a loss of anything that you may be grieving, like this book is for you.
So it's many different relatable chapters. I feel relates to anyone. But I wanted this book to be like, I'm your big sister and we're having a conversation and I'm giving you all the wisdom, the knowledge that I've learned over the past 10 years because the knowledge is not for me to just keep to myself, it's for me to share it. And people ask me all the time, can you be my mentor?
So this is my gift to my community of like all those people that ask for mentorship, like I'm literally
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