Our Story

Rita and Britt have always been best friends and thick as thieves, but in 2017,  new seeds of success were planted that would lead to a one-of-a-kind mother-daughter business venture. In 2017, Rita began writing articles for Black Enterprise Magazine to help women succeed in a corporate environment. These articles were integral to shaping Britt's career trajectory as she came into her own success in the corporate world. 

In 2018, Rita spoke on the TEDx stage on “Owning Your Power” and her daughter, Brittany, became her CMO and built out their company brand and all aspects of the marketing. Their uplifting message teaching both personal joy and corporate success quickly resonated around the country. 

As a retired Executive with 40+ years of corporate success in the highly competitive, male-dominated world of financial services, Rita always knew she wanted to write a book to help young women succeed in their careers. 

While Rita worked culminating her career life lessons into a short guidebook, her daughter, Britt was facing major corporate challenges of her own as a new manager at a Fortune 50 company. Rita's lessons and advice for Britt in her corporate career became the framework for their first book, “Own Your Phenomenal Self: A Guide on Character, Success, and Leadership," which became a best seller in Mentoring and Coaching on Amazon. 

Britt's dynamic career led her from marketing and advertising at a Fortune 50 company to a sales role at a leading tech company in her dream city- New York City. In 2022, she transitioned from sales to sales enablement where she now leads global efforts to teach, train, and inspire the growing sales force. 

A native Nashvillian, Rita has always been (and continues to be) highly involved in the Nashville community. As a 30+ year volunteer and past Board Chair of the YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, Rita is committed to the YWCA's mission of eliminating racism and empowering women. Rita also sits on the YWCA USA Board and is Chair of the Development Committee. 

Rita also serves on the Leadership Nashville Alumni Association and the Founders' Advisory Board of Studio Bank, a start-up Nashville boutique bank. Rita is a Rotarian and member of the International Women’s Forum.

In April 2021, Rita was profiled as one of the FACES of Nashville in StyleBlueprint a lifestyle publication featuring trailblazers and influencers in the South. 

What started as 3 strong black women that Britt painted for the living room of their Brooklyn apartment, became bigger than Rita and Britt could have ever imagined. 

From Britt's paintings to Rita's poetry to a published book to a fashion line to an art exhibit to a performance to an original song,  “Spoken Art: Too Brave to Back Down”  is a mother-daughter story of staying true to yourself and what brings you joy. It is told through the power of Britt's 20+ years of paintings, Rita's poetry, and  both of their affirmations.  

With the success of their new book, “Spoken Art: Too Brave to Back Down,”  Rita and Britt were invited to create an interactive art show at the historic Cheekwood Estate & Gardens in Nashville, TN. Their art show premiered at Cheekwood's inaugural African-American Family Cultural Celebration. For this exhibit, it was important to Rita and Britt that visitors would feel like they were literally walking through the pages of the book. From life-size posters of Britt's art and Rita's poems to an interactive "affirmation station" where kids and parents could write their own affirmations and hang them on a giant display to a curated selection of items from Rita and Britt's fashion line (made from Britt's art), the exhibit was a huge success! 

In December 2021, Rita and Britt spoke about the power of affirmations and vision boarding to Pinterest's 3,000 employees globally at The Pinterest Global Women’s Conference 2021: Building Better. This conference kicked off a whirlwind speaking tour in 2022. 

Rita and Britt's message of joy and success continue to resonate among career-driven women which led Rita and Britt to multiple speaking engagements and workshop opportunities in 2022 & 2023. 

2022 highlights include a virtual vision board workshop for Women at Meta, a hybrid (in-person and virtual) networking event and workshop for Deloitte in Nashville, and a Keynote at the 12th Annual Southern Automotive Women's Forum Conference (200+ women) in Huntsville. 

2023 highlights include "Own Your Power Workshop" for business students at Lipscomb University in Nashville, affirmation activation and booth at Essence Festival in New Orleans, speaking on affirmations at the National Urban League Annual Conference in Houston, launching "A Night of Purpose and Performance" at Lipscomb University, and speaking on career success to the School of Media and Entertainment at MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University). 

With their 3rd published book, "Meals before the Madness," Rita and Britt dive deeper into the realm of personal joy that defines their company brand. This cookbook is thoughtfully dedicated "to any brave soul who volunteers to host family and friends for the holidays." It marks the beginning of a series of cookbooks that Rita and Britt plan to release.

In 2024, Rita and Britt launched their new company, Dream Bigger Now Today to encompass their wide variety of book, services, and offerings. 

Dream Bigger Now Today is a company founded by dynamic mother-daughter duo and best-selling authors, Rita and Britt Mitchell. Through their published books along with their speaking and workshops, Rita and Britt teach you to harness your individual power to live your best life and biggest dreams.