Carpe Diem with Jasmine: Lessons from the Journey of Living an Empowered and Authentic Life

Jasmine had the privilege of attending the 10th Annual Sharjah Children's Reading Festival in the UAE. During her time at the festival she and Ahmed Al Ameri, Chairman of the Sharjah International Book Authority discussed how books and culture can be used to build relationships and foster connections. Take a listen and find out why Mr. Ameri believes that culture "gives one knowledge that cannot be found anywhere else."

Jasmine is back from a trip to Washington, DC where she visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture and eager to learn more about a few of the exhibits she saw Jasmine is talking with Cecily Marcus, Director of Umbra: Search African American History and Curator for the Givens Collection of African American Literature in this episode. Umbra Search makes African American history broadly accessible through a freely available widget and search tool, umbrasearch.org.

In a world constantly filled with fear, anxiety and negative news how can we live lives led by love and grace? Gabby Bernstein has a 3-step process for choosing love over fear and she shared it off-camera with Jasmine. Jasmine is back from the "left coast" and she's sharing her learning's from Oprah's "SuperSoul Sessions" and few more tools that will help us choose love and grace over fear and hate. CDWJ podcast listeners can watch "SuperSoul Sessions" for free on the Watch OWN app and on WatchOWN.tv.

Jasmine and Lisa Harris author of Unveiled Beauty discuss how Lisa rediscovered herself through poetry and telling the stories of courageous and brave women.

Jasmine and founder of the Yoga for All movement, Dianne Bondy have a heart-to-heart discussion on inclusion, diversifying what we see on the map and self-love. Dianne believes that, "yoga isn't just for skinny white girls."

Sixty-five percent of women wear a size 14 or larger. This week Jodi Arnold, Vice President of Design and Creative Director of Eloquii, discusses how Eloquii is changing the fashion narrative for women that wear a size 14 or larger and how she found purpose in design. As a special gift to our listeners, YOU can save 30% off ELOQUII with the code SHOP30 when you shop at online at eloquii.com.

Jasmine talks with "Producer Extraordinaire" Katharine Heller about the recent Women's March, feminism, and strategies to encourage social change.

An in-depth conversation with Professor Duchess Harris, Chair of the American Studies Department at Macalester College, co-author of "Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA and granddaughter of NASA human computer, Miriam Daniel Mann. Professor Harris provides contextual background and history on the black women that became hidden figures as they served as human computers for NASA.

New York Times bestselling author, Sister Souljah joins Jasmine for a one-on-one conversation about Midnight, "The Coldest Winter Ever," connection, self-value, writing, travel and what it means to LIVE WELL. This is Jasmine's last conversation from the 35th Annual Sharjah International Book Fair.

Alissa Carpenter from Everything's Not OK and That's OK is BACK! In this NEW YEAR BONUS EPISODE, Alissa and Jasmine discuss how you can use your talents and strengths to discover your passion and purpose and begin to create a personalized plan that will enable you to do more of what you love.