Laina Whitehead, a former WNBA player and founder of the nonprofit Sharpen Minds, told listeners she has spent the last decade building a hybrid life-coaching business and charity that funnels workshop proceeds into community programs.

Whitehead said Sharpen Minds operates five core initiatives—homelessness, domestic violence, a women-helping-women program called "girl versus world," literacy (books and barbershops), and Middlesex County reentry ambassadors—and that the nonprofit has been self-funded since its start. "We have actually been noted number 3 business in Middlesex County," she said.

Describing one recent outreach, Whitehead said the group held a National Homeless Persons Memorial Day event that provided blessing bags, warm meals, coats and other essentials. "We were able to help over a 150 people on that Saturday," she said, crediting local partners including New Brunswick and Perth Amboy police, church congregations and Progressive Lodge 30, and site directors Indira Shaw and Tanina Diaz.

Whitehead announced a cultural stage experience titled "Love and Legacy" for Valentine’s Day as a Black History Month event at the State Theater in New Brunswick. She described the program as "an intimate event honoring black love, unity, healing, and the brilliance of our history," blending spoken word, hip hop, smooth jazz, affirmations and storytelling.

On her creative work, Whitehead said she placed "45 out of 20,000 people" in a national songwriting contest in 2025 and will debut an affirmations song as part of upcoming projects. She also promoted a children’s book, Little Lele’s Tall Tales, and invited families to a free March 8 'books, barbershops and beyond' event with celebrity readers.

Whitehead asked listeners to find Sharpen Minds online at sharpenedmindz.com and on major streaming platforms for her affirmations recordings. She described the organization as "self-funded" and said much of its work is locally focused in Middlesex County communities such as New Brunswick and Perth Amboy.

The host thanked Whitehead and invited her to return; the segment closed with an on-air performance snippet of an affirmation jingle and a reminder of the announced events.