Be Better Than Your BS (Aired 12-21-25) | Faith, Leadership & Confidence with Stay Hall

Aired December 21, 2025, this powerful episode of Be Better Than Your BS features host Risha Grant in a raw, honest conversation with motivational speaker, author, and leadership strategist Stay Hall.

Together, they break down what it truly takes to lead with faith, confidence, and purpose in today’s world. Stay shares her personal journey through self-doubt, therapy, entrepreneurship, and authorship, along with the mindset shifts that helped her stop chasing validation and start building legacy.

This episode tackles imposter syndrome, soft skills, empathetic leadership, authenticity in the workplace, and the myth of the “Angry Black Woman,” offering both truth and strategy for leaders at every level.

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - This is Be Better Than You
• (00:00:36) - Resha Grant
• (00:01:21) - What was the moment that made you say, this is what I
• (00:02:43) - What You Were Before Becoming the CEO
• (00:03:53) - Is Leadership More Difficult Than In the Past?
• (00:06:13) - What Was the Turning Point For Your Career?
• (00:06:57) - Reveal: The Process of Realizing You Are Enough
• (00:08:41) - Leading With Faith
• (00:13:04) - Running for Your Life: The Journey to Self Love
• (00:16:03) - Marathon finishers talk
• (00:16:45) - How I Learned To Write a Book
• (00:18:13) - How To Write a Book
• (00:19:59) - How to Start a Business at 45
• (00:21:17) - What's the Person That Changed Your Mind?
• (00:22:08) - What are Soft Skills?
• (00:24:11) - Be Better Than Youn BS With Resha Grant
• (00:24:38) - What was the biggest leadership lesson this journey has taught you about yourself
• (00:26:53) - Black Women Speak Out About The Angry Black Woman
• (00:30:36) - Black Women on 'This Is Me'
• (00:30:56) - Black Women React to the Jobs Loss
• (00:31:44) - Are You Resilient Enough?
• (00:32:27) - What do you hope people feel when they read your book or their
• (00:33:41) - Be Still
• (00:34:59) - How Has Leadership Changed You?
• (00:36:38) - Be Better Than Your BS
• (00:37:24) - What's a Small, Quiet Win
• (00:39:19) - On Being Unapologetic
• (00:42:37) - When you're in your element, fully locked in, what does
• (00:44:14) - What's one moment in your career that felt like a God wink
• (00:45:34) - In the Elevator With Lysa
• (00:47:03) - What's one mindset you had to completely unlearn to get to
• (00:47:32) - Who Inspires You To Keep Pushing
• (00:48:11) - Stay: The Story of Sexual Assault