Women share stories on Pink Ego

Founder and owner of Rose Petal Productions, Stacy Nurse, 34, created the show in the hopes that it would help other women to realise they are not alone in their feeling and challenges, and inspire them to either start or to continue to work towards their goals.

“Sometimes we see people and we think we know them. You might see them successful and smiling but you don’t know the struggles and challenges they had to face during their journey.” Each episode features one woman and delves into their lives. “We go from childhood straight up to where they are now. It’s a very relaxed, intimate setting. Just two people having a conversation with the cameras rolling.” So far, it has featured women such as Patrice Millen, CEO of Millien Concepts; Ghenere Lindsi Heerah, media student and CEO of Women of Elegance; recording artist Natalia Roxanne; comedienne Nikki Crosby; and news anchor Samantha John.

“The idea came about from my own journey in life as a woman.

Also from listening to other people and realising there is just so much more to a person. As women we compare ourselves to others and compete but the thing is, we go through the same things no matter our race, ethnicity, nationality.

We need to understand that we are not so different from other persons in terms of the things we encounter.” “Sometimes we feel someone’s life is so set but we don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. I think having that platform to share that voice is important because it encourages sisterhood, it encourages support, it encourages women to be more mindful and more compassionate to each other.” Nurse said the name highlighted both the tender and tough aspects of any woman. She said pink is associated with women as the feeling is nurturing and warm, while ego can sometimes have a negative connotation more associated with men. “As woman we have that too. We have our own persona, we are individuals but we are just a bit more subtle and do it with more finesse. Putting it together it is about showing both sides of a woman __ the nurturing and the strong.” She said her vision is for the Pink Ego to be a movement with live events where women could meet, connect and network.

She hopes it could bring women to a space where they are comfortable with their lives, and are less concerned about status or being labelled.

The show will premiere on Sunday at 5.30pm on TV6.

Nurse said the show was a product of Rose Petal Productions, which was the governing body for her school, Rosemand’s Academy of the Performing Arts in Arima, of which she is principal.

While the school was launched in 2014, the company was established two years ago as a platform for her students to showcase their talents, usually in the form of music videos, and live theatre productions. Now the production company creates solid local content of all types. She said with cable, the country is flooded by American culture and our own culture is not showcased enough.

“It is about creating content that will be enlightening and entertaining but at the same time present Trinbagonians as people who are capable of creating quality work that can be showcased anywhere.” In addition to The Pink Ego, Rose Petal Productions is expected to launch another TV show in September – a news segment for children, by children. She said the children of her school would be the anchors and field reporters, discussing real issues from their perspective which would be both entertaining and educational.